Shloka 9

Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna

Devanagari script

प्रकृतिस्तस्य पत्नी च पुरुषो लिङ्गमुच्यते वक्त्राद्वै ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे ब्रह्मा च भगवान्प्रभुः

Transliteration

prakṛtistasya patnī ca puruṣo liṅgamucyate vaktrādvai brāhmaṇāḥ sarve brahmā ca bhagavānprabhuḥ

Translation

Пракрити провозглашается Его супругой, а Пуруша именуется Лингой — высшим Знаком. Из Его уст, воистину, происходят все брахманы; и там же рождается Брахма — благой Бхагаван, владыка и повелитель.

Word by Word

• prakṛtiḥ: Prakṛti (primordial Nature/Śakti)

• tasya: of Him (the Supreme/Pati)

• patnī: consort

• ca: and

• puruṣaḥ: Puruṣa (pure Consciousness)

• liṅgam: Liṅga (mark/sign, the aniconic emblem of Śiva-tattva)

• ucyate: is said/declared

• vaktrāt: from the mouth/face

• vai: indeed

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brāhmaṇas (priestly order)

• sarve: all

• brahmā: Brahmā (cosmic creator)

• ca: and

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord

• prabhuḥ: lord/sovereign

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga account of creation and manifestation to the sages of Naimisharanya)