Shloka 2

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

शैलादिरुवाच तानुवाच महाभागान् भगवान् आत्मभूः स्वयम् देवदारुवनस्थांस्तु तपसा पावकप्रभान्

Transliteration

śailādiruvāca tānuvāca mahābhāgān bhagavān ātmabhūḥ svayam devadāruvanasthāṃstu tapasā pāvakaprabhān

Translation

シャイラーディは言った。ついで自生の主ブラフマー（アートマブー）自らが、デーヴァダールの森に住む大徳の仙たち—苦行（タパス）の力により火のように輝く者たち—に語りかけた。

Word by Word

• शैलादिः: Śailādi (the speaker)

• उवाच: said

• तान्: to them

• उवाच: spoke

• महाभागान्: greatly fortunate / great-souled ones

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord

• आत्मभूः: the self-born (Brahmā)

• स्वयम्: himself

• देवदारुवनस्थान्: those residing in the Devadāru forest

• तु: indeed

• तपसा: by austerity (tapas)

• पावकप्रभान्: fire-radiant / having the splendor of flame

Speaker

Śailādi