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Shloka 103

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

व्यालकल्पो महाकल्पो महावृक्षः कलाधरः अलंकरिष्णुस् त्वचलो रोचिष्णुर्विक्रमोत्तमः

vyālakalpo mahākalpo mahāvṛkṣaḥ kalādharaḥ alaṃkariṣṇus tvacalo rociṣṇurvikramottamaḥ

व्यालकल्पो महाकल्पो महावृक्षः कलाधरः। अलंकरिष्णुस्त्वचलो रोचिष्णुर्विक्रमोत्तमः॥

व्यालकल्पःthe aeon associated with mighty/serpentine (formidable) powers, a vast measure of time
व्यालकल्पः:
महाकल्पःthe great kalpa, the grand cosmic cycle
महाकल्पः:
महावृक्षःthe great tree (cosmic support, source and shelter)
महावृक्षः:
कलाधरःbearer of kalā (phases, energies, divine portions—also lunar digits)
कलाधरः:
अलंकरिष्णुःthe one who adorns/beautifies, the sanctifier
अलंकरिष्णुः:
त्व्indeed/also (emphatic particle)
त्व्:
अचलःunmoving, immovable (the changeless Absolute)
अचलः:
रोचिष्णुःradiant, shining, luminous
रोचिष्णुः:
विक्रमोत्तमःsupreme in prowess/stride/valor
विक्रमोत्तमः:

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)