Shloka 72

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

मन्त्रैर्महेश्वरं देवं तुष्टाव सुमहोदयम् आवयोः स्तुतिसंतुष्टो लिङ्गे तस्मिन्निरञ्जनः

Transliteration

mantrairmaheśvaraṃ devaṃ tuṣṭāva sumahodayam āvayoḥ stutisaṃtuṣṭo liṅge tasminnirañjanaḥ

Translation

ਉਸ ਨੇ ਮੰਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਪਰਮ ਮਹਿਮਾਵਾਨ ਦੇਵ ਮਹੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਦੀ ਸਤੁਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ। ਸਤੁਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਉਸੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋ ਗਏ।

Word by Word

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras (sacred formulas)

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara, the Supreme Lord

• देवं: the Deva, the Divine

• तुष्टाव: praised, extolled

• सुमहोदयम्: of excellent/supreme majesty (very great glory)

• आवयोः: of the two of us / of us both

• स्तुतिसंतुष्टः: satisfied/pleased by the praise

• लिङ्गे: in the Liṅga

• तस्मिन्: in that

• निरञ्जनः: the stainless, taintless (beyond impurities)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; describing the internal episode of praise leading to Shiva’s manifestation in the Linga)