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Shloka 11

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

स्त्रीपुम्भावो विरिञ्चस्य सर्गो मिथुनसम्भवः आख्याष्टकं हि रुद्रस्य कथितं रोदनान्तरे

strīpumbhāvo viriñcasya sargo mithunasambhavaḥ ākhyāṣṭakaṃ hi rudrasya kathitaṃ rodanāntare

विरिञ्चस्य स्त्रीपुम्भावो जातः, सर्गो मिथुनसम्भवः प्रवृत्तः; रुद्रस्य रोदनान्तरे तस्य आख्याष्टकं अपि कथितम्।

strī-pum-bhāvaḥthe state of woman-and-man, sexual differentiation
strī-pum-bhāvaḥ:
viriñcasyaof Viriñci (Brahmā)
viriñcasya:
sargaḥcreation, emanation
sargaḥ:
mithuna-sambhavaḥarising through pairs/couples
mithuna-sambhavaḥ:
ākhyā-aṣṭakamthe eightfold set of names/appellations
ākhyā-aṣṭakam:
hiindeed
hi:
rudrasyaof Rudra (Śiva)
rudrasya:
kathitamwas spoken/declared
kathitam:
rodana-antarein the interval/within the context of lamentation (weeping).
rodana-antare:

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; summarizing the cosmogonic sequence and Rudra-name tradition)