Shloka 1
Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्
Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations
Devanagari script
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनं नामाष्टपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु मुनयः पुनस्तं संशयान्विताः पप्रच्छुरुत्तरं भूयस् तदा ते रोमहर्षणम्
Transliteration
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe sūryādyabhiṣekakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca etacchrutvā tu munayaḥ punastaṃ saṃśayānvitāḥ papracchuruttaraṃ bhūyas tadā te romaharṣaṇam
Translation
इस प्रकार श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराण में “सूर्यादि-अभिषेक-कथन” नामक उनसठवाँ अध्याय (प्रारम्भ होता है)। सूत बोले—यह सुनकर मुनिगण, संशय से युक्त होकर, उस रोमहर्षण (सूत) से फिर अधिक स्पष्ट उत्तर पूछने लगे।
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇein the sacred Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe:
sūryādi-abhiṣeka-kathanamnarration of abhiṣeka beginning with the Sun (and other deities/elements)
sūryādi-abhiṣeka-kathanam:
nāmanamed
nāma:
āṣṭa-pañcāśattamaḥfifty-ninth
āṣṭa-pañcāśattamaḥ:
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
sūta uvācaSūta said
sūta uvāca:
etatthis
etat:
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
tuindeed
tu:
munayaḥsages
munayaḥ:
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
tamhim
tam:
saṃśayānvitāḥendowed with doubts
saṃśayānvitāḥ:
papracchuḥasked/questioned
papracchuḥ:
uttaramanswer
uttaram:
bhūyaḥfurther/more fully
bhūyaḥ:
tadāthen
tadā:
tethey
te:
romaharṣaṇamRomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), the narrator
romaharṣaṇam:
Speaker
Suta (Romaharshana)