Shloka 20
Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः
Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship
Devanagari script
रुद्रोपरि महादेवः प्रणवाख्यः सदाशिवः लिङ्गवेदी महादेवी त्रिगुणा त्रिमयांबिका
Transliteration
rudropari mahādevaḥ praṇavākhyaḥ sadāśivaḥ liṅgavedī mahādevī triguṇā trimayāṃbikā
Translation
रुद्र के ऊपर महादेव हैं—प्रणव (ॐ) नाम से प्रसिद्ध सदाशिव। और महादेवी ही लिंग की वेदी हैं; वे त्रिगुणस्वरूपा, त्रिमयी अम्बिका हैं।
Word by Word
rudra-uparibeyond Rudra
rudra-upari:
mahādevaḥthe Great Lord
mahādevaḥ:
praṇava-ākhyaḥnamed/known as the Praṇava (Oṃ)
praṇava-ākhyaḥ:
sadāśivaḥSadāśiva (the ever-auspicious Supreme)
sadāśivaḥ:
liṅga-vedīthe pedestal/base of the Liṅga
liṅga-vedī:
mahādevīthe Great Goddess
mahādevī:
triguṇāconstituted of the three guṇas (sattva-rajas-tamas)
triguṇā:
tri-mayā-ambikāAmbikā who is formed of/pervades the triad (threefold reality).
tri-mayā-ambikā:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)