Shloka 60

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

पवित्रश् च महांश्चैव नियतो नियताश्रयः स्वयंभूः सर्वकर्मा च आदिरादिकरो निधिः

Transliteration

pavitraś ca mahāṃścaiva niyato niyatāśrayaḥ svayaṃbhūḥ sarvakarmā ca ādirādikaro nidhiḥ

Translation

ਉਹ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਅਤੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਹੈ; ਆਪ ਨਿਯਮਿਤ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਯਮੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਆਸਰਾ ਹੈ। ਉਹ ਸਵਯੰਭੂ, ਸਰਵਕਰਮਾ ਹੈ; ਉਹ ਆਦਿ ਹੈ, ਆਦੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਕਾਰਣ, ਅਤੇ ਅਖੁੱਟ ਨਿਧੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• पवित्रः: the Pure, purifier

• महान्: the Great, vast

• च एव: and indeed

• नियतः: self-restrained, regulated (yogically established)

• नियत-आश्रयः: refuge/support of the restrained (seekers under discipline)

• स्वयंभूः: self-existent, uncaused

• सर्वकर्मा: performer/ordainer of all actions (cosmic functions)

• आदिः: the Beginning, primordial Lord

• आदिकरः: maker of beginnings, initiator of creation/order

• निधिः: treasure, inexhaustible storehouse (of śakti, jñāna, and grace)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)