Shloka 16
Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages
Devanagari script
नमो देवाधिदेवाय महादेवाय वै नमः अर्धनारीशरीराय सांख्ययोगप्रवर्तिने
Transliteration
namo devādhidevāya mahādevāya vai namaḥ ardhanārīśarīrāya sāṃkhyayogapravartine
Translation
देवों के भी अधिदेव को नमस्कार—महादेव को नमन। अर्धनारीश्वर स्वरूप को नमस्कार, जो सांख्य और योग के प्रवर्तक हैं।
Word by Word
namosalutation
namo:
deva-adhidevāyato the Lord over all gods
deva-adhidevāya:
mahādevāyato Mahādeva (the Great God, Pati)
mahādevāya:
vaiindeed/verily
vai:
namaḥobeisance
namaḥ:
ardha-nārī-śarīrāyato Him whose body is half woman (Ardhanārīśvara, unity of Śiva and Śakti)
ardha-nārī-śarīrāya:
sāṃkhyadiscriminative analysis of tattvas/principles
sāṃkhya:
yogaspiritual discipline/union leading to liberation
yoga:
pravartineto the initiator/propounder/establisher
pravartine:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)