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ब्रह्मणो वरप्रदानम् — शिवस्य परत्वप्रतिपादनम् तथा वराहेण भूमेः पुनःस्थापनम्

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे ब्रह्मणो वरप्रदानं नाम सप्तत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः शैलादिरुवाच गते महेश्वरे देवे तमुद्दिश्य जनार्दनः प्रणम्य भगवान्प्राह पद्मयोनिमजोद्भवः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge brahmaṇo varapradānaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śailādiruvāca gate maheśvare deve tamuddiśya janārdanaḥ praṇamya bhagavānprāha padmayonimajodbhavaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, bahagian Pūrva-bhāga, bermulalah bab ketiga puluh tujuh yang bertajuk “Brahmā Mengurniakan Anugerah”. Śailādi berkata: setelah Dewa Maheśvara berangkat, Janārdana—menumpukan batin kepada-Nya—bersujud penuh hormat, lalu bertitah kepada Brahmā Yang Tidak Dilahirkan, Yang Lahir dari Teratai.

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrva-bhāga)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā

• vara-pradānam: granting of boons

• nāma: named

• saptatriṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the thirty-seventh chapter

• śailādiḥ uvāca: Śailādi said

• gate: having gone/departed

• maheśvare deve: when the God Maheśvara

• tam uddiśya: directing (thought) toward Him / with Him as the aim

• janārdanaḥ: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

• praṇamya: having bowed/prostrated

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord

• prāha: spoke

• padmayonim: to the lotus-wombed (Brahmā)

• aja-udbhavaḥ: the Unborn-originated / the Unborn (Brahmā).

Speaker

Śailādi