Shloka 7

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

एकेनैव हृतं विश्वं व्याप्तं त्वेवं शिवेन तु अलिङ्गं चैव लिङ्गं च लिङ्गालिङ्गानि मूर्तयः

Transliteration

ekenaiva hṛtaṃ viśvaṃ vyāptaṃ tvevaṃ śivena tu aliṅgaṃ caiva liṅgaṃ ca liṅgāliṅgāni mūrtayaḥ

Translation

Oleh Yang Esa saja seluruh jagat ini ditopang dan sepenuhnya meresap—demikian oleh Śiva. Ia sekaligus aliṅga (tanpa tanda) dan juga liṅga (bertanda); perwujudan-Nya tiga: aliṅga, liṅga, dan liṅga-aliṅga.

Word by Word

• ekena eva: by the One alone

• hṛtam: sustained/borne (upheld)

• viśvam: the universe

• vyāptam: pervaded

• tu: indeed

• evaṃ: thus

• śivena: by Shiva

• aliṅgam: without sign/mark, unmanifest (nirliṅga)

• ca eva: and also

• liṅgam: with sign/mark, the Linga (symbolic form)

• liṅga-aliṅgāni: both marked-and-unmarked, mixed mode (manifest–unmanifest)

• mūrtayaḥ: forms/embodiments

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shaiva doctrine to the sages of Naimisharanya)