Shloka 37

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

आदिकर्ता च भूतानां संहर्ता परिपालकः तस्मान्महेश्वरो देवो ब्रह्मणो ऽधिपतिः शिवः

Transliteration

ādikartā ca bhūtānāṃ saṃhartā paripālakaḥ tasmānmaheśvaro devo brahmaṇo 'dhipatiḥ śivaḥ

Translation

主は一切衆生の根源の造り手であり、守護者であり、また融解させる者である。ゆえにマヘーシュヴァラ—シヴァなる主—は、ブラフマーの上にさえ君臨する。

Word by Word

• आदिकर्ता: primal creator

• च: and

• भूतानाम्: of beings/elements

• संहर्ता: dissolver/withdrawer

• परिपालकः: protector/preserver

• तस्मात्: therefore

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (the Great Lord)

• देवः: the God

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā

• अधिपतिः: overlord/supreme ruler

• शिवः: Shiva (auspicious Lord)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)