Shloka 75
Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः
Devanagari script
एतत्स्वाङ्गभवायैव पुरुषायोपदिश्य तु मायी मायामयं शास्त्रं ग्रन्थषोडशलक्षकम्
Transliteration
etatsvāṅgabhavāyaiva puruṣāyopadiśya tu māyī māyāmayaṃ śāstraṃ granthaṣoḍaśalakṣakam
Translation
एतत् शास्त्रं स्वाङ्गभवाय तस्मै पुरुषाय उपदिश्य, मायी प्रभुः मायामयं शास्त्रं षोडशलक्षग्रन्थात्मकं प्रादुरकरोत्॥
Word by Word
etatthis (teaching)
etat:
svāṅga-bhavāyato the one born from (his) own limb
svāṅga-bhavāya:
evaindeed/alone
eva:
puruṣāyato the Person (the recipient)
puruṣāya:
upadiśyahaving instructed
upadiśya:
tuthen
tu:
māyīthe possessor/master of Māyā
māyī:
māyā-mayamconsisting of/formed of Māyā
māyā-mayam:
śāstramscripture/teaching-system
śāstram:
granthatextual unit/treatise
grantha:
ṣoḍaśasixteen
ṣoḍaśa:
lakṣakamlakhs (hundred-thousands), i.e., 1,600,000
lakṣakam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)