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Shloka 116

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

पद्मगर्भो महागर्भो विश्वगर्भो विचक्षणः परावरज्ञो बीजेशः सुमुखः सुमहास्वनः

padmagarbho mahāgarbho viśvagarbho vicakṣaṇaḥ parāvarajño bījeśaḥ sumukhaḥ sumahāsvanaḥ

वह पद्मगर्भ, महागर्भ, विश्वगर्भ और परम विवेकी है। वह पर-अपर तत्त्वों का ज्ञाता, बीजों का ईश्वर, शुभ मुख वाला और अत्यन्त महान, पावन नाद से गूँजने वाला है।

padma-garbhaḥthe One whose womb/source is the lotus (creator of the lotus-born)
padma-garbhaḥ:
mahā-garbhaḥthe Great Womb, vast causal ground
mahā-garbhaḥ:
viśva-garbhaḥthe One in whom the universe is contained/gestated
viśva-garbhaḥ:
vicakṣaṇaḥdiscerning, supremely wise
vicakṣaṇaḥ:
parā-vara-jñaḥknower of the higher (parā) and lower (avarā) truths
parā-vara-jñaḥ:
bīja-īśaḥLord of the seed, master of causal potency
bīja-īśaḥ:
su-mukhaḥof auspicious/benign face
su-mukhaḥ:
su-mahā-svanaḥof very great sound, whose vibration is mighty and auspicious
su-mahā-svanaḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s epithets to the sages of Naimisharanya)