Shloka 5
विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्
Devanagari script
ईशानाय श्मशानाय अतिवेगाय वेगिने नमो ऽस्तु श्रुतिपादाय ऊर्ध्वलिङ्गाय लिङ्गिने
Transliteration
īśānāya śmaśānāya ativegāya vegine namo 'stu śrutipādāya ūrdhvaliṅgāya liṅgine
Translation
ईशान—श्मशानवासी—अतिवेगी, वेगवान यास नमोऽस्तु। ज्यांचे चरणच श्रुती (वेद) आहेत त्या श्रुतिपादास; ऊर्ध्वलिंग व लिंगी (लिंगाधिपती) यांस प्रणाम।
Word by Word
ईशानाय (īśānāya)to Īśāna, the Sovereign Lord (Pati)
ईशानाय (īśānāya):
श्मशानाय (śmaśānāya)to the One of the cremation-ground, Lord of dissolution and transcendence
श्मशानाय (śmaśānāya):
अतिवेगाय (ativegāya)to the exceedingly swift
अतिवेगाय (ativegāya):
वेगिने (vegine)to the fast-moving, impetuous One
वेगिने (vegine):
नमोऽस्तु (namo 'stu)let there be homage
नमोऽस्तु (namo 'stu):
श्रुतिपादाय (śrutipādāya)to Him whose feet are the Śruti (Vedas), whose foundation is Vedic revelation
श्रुतिपादाय (śrutipādāya):
ऊर्ध्वलिङ्गाय (ūrdhvaliṅgāya)to the Upright Linga, the ascending sign of the Absolute
ऊर्ध्वलिङ्गाय (ūrdhvaliṅgāya):
लिङ्गिने (liṅgine)to the Linga-bearer, the One characterized by the Linga (Mahādeva as Pati).
लिङ्गिने (liṅgine):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s discourse)