Shloka 3
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
नमः क्षेत्राधिपतये बीजिने शूलिने नमः सुमेढ्रायार्च्यमेढ्राय दण्डिने रूक्षरेतसे
Transliteration
namaḥ kṣetrādhipataye bījine śūline namaḥ sumeḍhrāyārcyameḍhrāya daṇḍine rūkṣaretase
Translation
聖なるクシェートラの主に帰命し奉る。種子（ビージャ）を帯びる御方に、三叉戟を執る御方に帰命し奉る。清浄なる生成の力を具える御方に、礼拝に値する雄々しき威力の御方に、ダンダ（杖）を執る御方に、苦行のごとく峻厳で尽きぬ霊威の御方に帰命し奉る。
Word by Word
namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
kṣetra-adhipatayeto the Lord/guardian of the sacred field (kṣetra)
kṣetra-adhipataye:
bījineto the Seeded/seed-bearing One (source of manifestation)
bījine:
śūlineto the trident-bearer
śūline:
sumeḍhrāyato Him of pure/auspicious generative power
sumeḍhrāya:
arcya-meḍhrāyato Him whose generative potency is venerable/worthy of worship
arcya-meḍhrāya:
daṇḍineto the staff-bearing ascetic/lord of discipline
daṇḍine:
rūkṣa-retaseto Him whose semen/potency is dry/austere (signifying restraint, tapas, and mastery of śakti)
rūkṣa-retase:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga context)