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Shloka 112

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

आम्नायो ऽथ समाम्नायस् तीर्थदेवशिवालयः बहुरूपो महारूपः सर्वरूपश् चराचरः

āmnāyo 'tha samāmnāyas tīrthadevaśivālayaḥ bahurūpo mahārūpaḥ sarvarūpaś carācaraḥ

वह आम्नाय—प्रकट श्रुति-परम्परा—और उसका सम्यक् समाम्नाय है; तीर्थों का देवता और शिव का आलय। बहुरूप, महारूप; समस्त रूपों में स्थित—चर और अचर जगत्।

āmnāyaḥthe revealed sacred tradition (Vedic transmission)
āmnāyaḥ:
athaand also
atha:
samāmnāyaḥthe complete/combined tradition, the fully transmitted corpus
samāmnāyaḥ:
tīrthaholy ford, pilgrimage-place
tīrtha:
devaḥdeity, divine Lord
devaḥ:
śiva-ālayaḥŚiva’s abode / the dwelling-place of auspiciousness
śiva-ālayaḥ:
bahu-rūpaḥof many forms
bahu-rūpaḥ:
mahā-rūpaḥof the great/supreme Form
mahā-rūpaḥ:
sarva-rūpaḥof all forms
sarva-rūpaḥ:
cara-acaraḥthe moving and the unmoving (all beings and things)
cara-acaraḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)