Shloka 1

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे सोमवंशानुकीर्तनं नामैकोनसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः आदिसर्गस्त्वया सूत सूचितो न प्रकाशितः सांप्रतं विस्तरेणैव वक्तुमर्हसि सुव्रत

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge somavaṃśānukīrtanaṃ nāmaikonasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ādisargastvayā sūta sūcito na prakāśitaḥ sāṃprataṃ vistareṇaiva vaktumarhasi suvrata

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, bahagian awal (Pūrvabhāga), bermulalah bab ke-69 yang bernama “Pengisahan Dinasti Bulan.” Para resi berkata: “Wahai Sūta, engkau hanya mengisyaratkan penciptaan awal, namun belum menjelaskannya dengan terang. Kini, wahai yang berikrar mulia, hendaklah engkau menghuraikannya dengan terperinci.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

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

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrvabhāga)

• soma-vaṃśa-anukīrtanam: the recounting of the Lunar dynasty

• nāma: named

• ekona-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the sixty-ninth chapter

• ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ: the sages said

• ādi-sargaḥ: the first/primordial creation

• tvayā: by you

• sūta: O Sūta

• sūcitaḥ: indicated/briefly mentioned

• na prakāśitaḥ: not explained/illuminated clearly

• sāṃpratam: now/at present

• vistareṇa eva: only in detail

• vaktum arhasi: you ought to tell

• su-vrata: O one of good vow/discipline.

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣayaḥ) addressing Sūta