Shloka 52
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
सुमेधसे कुलालाय नमस्ते शशिखण्डिने चित्राय चित्रवेषाय चित्रवर्णाय मेधसे
Transliteration
sumedhase kulālāya namaste śaśikhaṇḍine citrāya citraveṣāya citravarṇāya medhase
Translation
最上の智者なる御身に礼拝いたします。諸世界を陶工のごとく形づくる神聖なる御身に礼拝いたします。月を冠として戴く御身に礼拝いたします。奇瑞なる御身、奇瑞なる姿と衣を現し、色彩もまた多様なる御身—智慧そのものなる主よ、我が敬礼をお受けください。
Word by Word
su-medhaseto the very wise (of excellent intellect)
su-medhase:
kulālāyato the potter/artisan (world-shaper)
kulālāya:
namas tesalutations to You
namas te:
śaśi-khaṇḍineto Him who bears the crescent moon
śaśi-khaṇḍine:
citrāyato the wondrous/variegated One
citrāya:
citra-veṣāyato Him of wondrous forms/attires
citra-veṣāya:
citra-varṇāyato Him of many colors/manifestations
citra-varṇāya:
medhaseto Intelligence, insight, sacred understanding
medhase:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s Linga-praise context)