Shloka 3

ब्रह्मणो वरप्रदानम् — शिवस्य परत्वप्रतिपादनम् तथा वराहेण भूमेः पुनःस्थापनम्

Devanagari script

अहं वामाङ्गजो ब्रह्मन् शङ्करस्य महात्मनः भवान् भवस्य देवस्य दक्षिणाङ्गभवः स्वयम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ vāmāṅgajo brahman śaṅkarasya mahātmanaḥ bhavān bhavasya devasya dakṣiṇāṅgabhavaḥ svayam

Translation

ਹੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਨ! ਮੈਂ ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਸ਼ੰਕਰ ਦੇ ਖੱਬੇ ਅੰਗ ਤੋਂ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹਾਂ; ਅਤੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਦੇਵ ਭਵ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਦੇ ਸੱਜੇ ਅੰਗ ਤੋਂ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੋ।

Word by Word

• अहम्: I

• वाम-अङ्ग-जः: born from the left side

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (address to Brahmā or a venerable sage)

• शङ्करस्य: of Śaṅkara

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one

• भवान्: you

• भवस्य: of Bhava (Śiva)

• देवस्य: of the Deva, the Lord

• दक्षिण-अङ्ग-भवः: born from the right side

• स्वयम्: indeed, oneself/yourself

Speaker

A Shiva-born divine being (left-side emanation) addressing Brahman (Brahma) within Suta’s narration