Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

पितामह उवाच एष देवो महादेवो विज्ञेयस्तु महेश्वरः न तस्मात्परमं किंचित् पदं समधिगम्यते

Transliteration

pitāmaha uvāca eṣa devo mahādevo vijñeyastu maheśvaraḥ na tasmātparamaṃ kiṃcit padaṃ samadhigamyate

Translation

ピターマハ（ブラフマー）は言った。「この御方こそ知るべき神—マハーデーヴァ、マヘーシュヴァラ、大いなる主である。彼を超えて到達し得る、より高き境地・目的・住処は何ひとつない。」

Word by Word

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā, the Grandsire)

• उवाच: said

• एषः: this (He)

• देवः: God, the Deity

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (the Supreme Śiva)

• विज्ञेयः: to be known/realized

• तु: indeed

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara, the Great Lord

• न: not

• तस्मात्: than Him/from Him

• परमम्: higher, supreme (beyond)

• किंचित्: anything whatsoever

• पदम्: state, goal, ultimate station

• समधिगम्यते: is fully attained/realized.

Speaker

Brahma (Pitamaha)