Shloka 12
अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
अव्यक्तादिविशेषान्तं विश्वं तस्याः समुच्छ्रितम् विश्वधात्री त्वजाख्या च शैवी सा प्रकृतिः स्मृता
Transliteration
avyaktādiviśeṣāntaṃ viśvaṃ tasyāḥ samucchritam viśvadhātrī tvajākhyā ca śaivī sā prakṛtiḥ smṛtā
Translation
अव्यक्तादिविशेषान्तं विश्वं तस्याः समुच्छ्रितम्। विश्वधात्री त्वजाख्या च शैवी सा प्रकृतिः स्मृता॥
Word by Word
avyakta-ādibeginning with the unmanifest
avyakta-ādi:
viśeṣa-antamending in the differentiated particulars
viśeṣa-antam:
viśvamthe universe
viśvam:
tasyāḥof her
tasyāḥ:
samucchritamarisen/raised up, established
samucchritam:
viśva-dhātrīthe sustainer/bearer of the universe
viśva-dhātrī:
tvajā-ākhyānamed Tvajā
tvajā-ākhyā:
śaivībelonging to Śiva, Śiva’s (power)
śaivī:
sāshe
sā:
prakṛtiḥprimordial nature, material cause (Śakti as upādāna)
prakṛtiḥ:
smṛtāis remembered/declared
smṛtā:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)