Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14
Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्
Devanagari script
मत्प्रसूता च देवेशी पीताङ्गी पीतलोहिता पीतवर्णा तदा ह्यासीद् गायत्री ब्रह्मसंज्ञिता
Transliteration
matprasūtā ca deveśī pītāṅgī pītalohitā pītavarṇā tadā hyāsīd gāyatrī brahmasaṃjñitā
Translation
ನನ್ನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸೂತಳಾದ ಆ ದೇವೇಶಿ—ದೇವರ ಅಧೀಶ್ವರಿ—ಪೀತಾಂಗಿಯೂ, ಪೀತಲೋಹಿತ ಕాంతಿಯೂ, ಸ್ವರ್ಣವರ್ಣವೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದಳು; ಆಗ ಅವಳೇ ‘ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ’ ಎಂಬ ಸಂಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಳಾದ ಗಾಯತ್ರಿ.
Word by Word
mat-prasūtāborn from me
mat-prasūtā:
caand
ca:
deva-īśīGoddess, ruler of the gods
deva-īśī:
pīta-aṅgīhaving yellow limbs
pīta-aṅgī:
pīta-lohitāyellow-reddish in complexion
pīta-lohitā:
pīta-varṇāof yellow/golden color
pīta-varṇā:
tadāthen
tadā:
hiindeed
hi:
āsītwas
āsīt:
gāyatrīGayatrī (Vedic meter/mantra as Devi)
gāyatrī:
brahma-saṃjñitāknown by the name ‘Brahma’/identified with Brahman (creative sacred power)
brahma-saṃjñitā:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a received account of Brahma’s emanation of Gayatri)