Shloka 78
एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च
Devanagari script
यस्य मायाविधिज्ञस्य अगम्यगहनस्य च पुरा लिङ्गोद्भवं बीजं प्रथमं त्वादिसर्गिकम्
Transliteration
yasya māyāvidhijñasya agamyagahanasya ca purā liṅgodbhavaṃ bījaṃ prathamaṃ tvādisargikam
Translation
जो माया-विधि का ज्ञाता, अगम्य और गहन हैं—उसी प्रभु का लिङ्ग से उद्भूत बीज आदिकाल में आदिसृष्टि का प्रथम तत्त्व बना।
Word by Word
yasyaof whom (of that Lord)
yasya:
māyāMāyā, veiling power
māyā:
vidhiordinance, rule, cosmic law
vidhi:
jñasyaof the knower
jñasya:
agamyāinaccessible, not reachable by mind/senses
agamyā:
gahanasyadeep, inscrutable
gahanasya:
caand
ca:
purāformerly, in the beginning
purā:
liṅga-udbhavamarisen as the Liṅga, Liṅga-born manifestation
liṅga-udbhavam:
bījamseed, causal germ
bījam:
prathamamfirst
prathamam:
tuindeed
tu:
ādi-sargikambelonging to the primordial creation (ādi-sṛṣṭi).
ādi-sargikam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga-udbhava account to the sages of Naimisharanya)