Shloka 76
एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च
Devanagari script
अस्मान्महत्तरं भूतं गुह्यमन्यन्न विद्यते महतः परमं धाम शिवम् अध्यात्मिनां पदम्
Transliteration
asmānmahattaraṃ bhūtaṃ guhyamanyanna vidyate mahataḥ paramaṃ dhāma śivam adhyātmināṃ padam
Translation
ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਤੱਤ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਹੋਰ ਕੋਈ ਗੁਪਤ ਸੱਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ। ‘ਮਹਤ’ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ ਪਰਮ ਧਾਮ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਹੈ—ਆਤਮ-ਜਾਣੂਆਂ ਦਾ ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਆਧਿਆਤਮਿਕ ਪਦ।
Word by Word
asmātthan this/from this
asmāt:
mahattaramgreater, higher
mahattaram:
bhūtambeing, principle, reality
bhūtam:
guhyamsecret, esoteric
guhyam:
anyatother
anyat:
nanot
na:
vidyateis found/exists
vidyate:
mahataḥbeyond the mahat (cosmic intellect/primordial principle)
mahataḥ:
paramamsupreme
paramam:
dhāmaabode, state, light
dhāma:
śivamŚiva/the auspicious Supreme (Pati)
śivam:
adhyātmināmof the spiritually inward/ātma-knowers
adhyātminām:
padamgoal, station, highest step
padam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)