Shloka 5
अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
सप्तधाचाष्टधा चैव तथैकादशधा पुनः लिङ्गान्यलिङ्गस्य तथा मायया विततानि तु
Transliteration
saptadhācāṣṭadhā caiva tathaikādaśadhā punaḥ liṅgānyaliṅgasya tathā māyayā vitatāni tu
Translation
மீண்டும் அலிங்கனுடைய லிங்கங்கள் அவன் மாயையால் ஏழுவகையாகவும், எட்டுவகையாகவும், மேலும் பதினொன்றுவகையாகவும் விரிவடைந்தன.
Word by Word
saptadhāin seven ways
saptadhā:
caand
ca:
aṣṭadhāin eight ways
aṣṭadhā:
caivaindeed also
caiva:
tathālikewise
tathā:
ekādaśadhāin eleven ways
ekādaśadhā:
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
liṅgānisigns/manifest forms (lingas)
liṅgāni:
aliṅgasyaof the Markless/without sign (the transcendent Shiva)
aliṅgasya:
tathāthus
tathā:
māyayāby Māyā (power of manifestation/veiling)
māyayā:
vitatāniexpanded, spread out
vitatāni:
tuindeed
tu:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)