Shloka 8

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

सर्वं प्रकृतिमापन्नं त्वया प्रलयमेष्यति एको ऽहं संस्थितो देवि न द्वितीयो ऽस्ति कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

sarvaṃ prakṛtimāpannaṃ tvayā pralayameṣyati eko 'haṃ saṃsthito devi na dvitīyo 'sti kutracit

Translation

പ്രകൃതിയിൽ ലീനമായ സകലവും നിന്മൂലം പ്രളയത്തിലേക്ക് പോകും. ഹേ ദേവീ! ഞാൻ ഒരുത്തൻ മാത്രം നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു; എവിടെയും എങ്ങനെയും രണ്ടാമൻ ഇല്ല.

Word by Word

• सर्वं (sarvaṃ): all

• प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim): into Prakṛti, primordial Nature

• आपन्नम् (āpannam): having entered, having reverted

• त्वया (tvayā): by you, through you

• प्रलयम् (pralayam): dissolution, cosmic reabsorption

• एष्यति (eṣyati): will go, will proceed

• एकः (ekaḥ): one, sole

• अहम् (aham): I

• संस्थितः (saṃsthitaḥ): established, abiding

• देवि (devi): O Goddess

• न (na): not

• द्वितीयः (dvitīyaḥ): a second, another

• अस्ति (asti): exists

• कुत्रचित् (kutracit): anywhere, at any time/any place

Speaker

Shiva (Pati) addressing Devi (Shakti/Parvati) within Suta’s narration