Shloka 21

आभ्यन्तरध्यान-तत्त्वगणना-चतुर्व्यूहयोगः

Adhyaya 28

Devanagari script

नमस्कारेण सततं गौरवात्परमेष्ठिनः सर्वं तु खल्विदं ब्रह्म सर्वो वै रुद्र ईश्वरः

Transliteration

namaskāreṇa satataṃ gauravātparameṣṭhinaḥ sarvaṃ tu khalvidaṃ brahma sarvo vai rudra īśvaraḥ

Translation

नमस्कारेण सततं गौरवात् परमेṣ्ठिनः; सर्वं तु खल्विदं ब्रह्म, सर्वो वै रुद्र ईश्वरः।

Word by Word

• नमस्कारेण: by salutation/obeisance

• सततं: constantly, always

• गौरवात्: with reverence, from honoring

• परमेष्ठिनः: of the Supreme Lord, the Highest (Parameṣṭhin)

• सर्वं: all

• तु: indeed/but

• खलु: surely, verily

• इदं: this (manifest universe)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute

• सर्वो: the whole/entirety

• वै: indeed, certainly

• रुद्रः: Rudra (Shiva)

• ईश्वरः: Lord, sovereign controller (Pati).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s Shaiva doctrine to the sages at Naimisharanya)