Shloka 157
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
कला काष्ठा लवो मात्रा मुहूर्तो ऽहः क्षपा क्षणः विश्वक्षेत्रप्रदो बीजं लिङ्गमाद्यस्तु निर्मुखः
Transliteration
kalā kāṣṭhā lavo mātrā muhūrto 'haḥ kṣapā kṣaṇaḥ viśvakṣetraprado bījaṃ liṅgamādyastu nirmukhaḥ
Translation
Il est le Temps lui-même—kalā, kāṣṭhā, lava, mātrā, muhūrta, le jour, la nuit et l’instant. Il confère le champ de l’univers (viśva-kṣetra) et il est la semence (bīja) : le Liṅga primordial, l’Être sans commencement, sans visage manifesté, transcendant toutes formes limitées.
Word by Word
kalāa unit/part of time
kalā:
kāṣṭhāa measure of time
kāṣṭhā:
lavaḥa minute fraction of time
lavaḥ:
mātrāa measure/instant
mātrā:
muhūrtaḥa muhūrta (traditional time period)
muhūrtaḥ:
ahaḥday
ahaḥ:
kṣapānight
kṣapā:
kṣaṇaḥmoment
kṣaṇaḥ:
viśva-kṣetra-pradaḥgiver/bestower of the universe as a field (of experience/action)
viśva-kṣetra-pradaḥ:
bījamseed, causal source
bījam:
liṅgamthe Linga, sign of the Absolute, Shiva’s aniconic form
liṅgam:
ādyaḥprimordial, first
ādyaḥ:
tuindeed
tu:
nirmukhaḥfaceless, without a (limited) mouth/face, formless/transcendent
nirmukhaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)