Shloka 8

क्षुपदधीचिसंवादः — शिलादतपः, वरसीमा, मेघवाहनकल्पे त्रिदेवसमागमः

Devanagari script

सो ऽपि देवः स्वयं ब्रह्मा मृत्युहीनो न चेश्वरः योनिजश् च महातेजाश् चाण्डजः पद्मसंभवः

Transliteration

so 'pi devaḥ svayaṃ brahmā mṛtyuhīno na ceśvaraḥ yonijaś ca mahātejāś cāṇḍajaḥ padmasaṃbhavaḥ

Translation

அந்த தேவன் தானே பிரம்மா—மரணமற்றவன் என்றாலும் பரமேஸ்வரன் அல்ல; அவன் யோனிஜனும், மஹாதேஜஸ்வியும், அண்டஜனும், பத்மசம்பவனும் ஆவான்।

Word by Word

• saḥ api: he also/indeed

• devaḥ: the god/deity

• svayam: himself

• brahmā: Brahmā

• mṛtyu-hīnaḥ: devoid of death/immortal

• na ca: and not

• īśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord/Controller

• yoni-jaḥ: womb-born/borne of a source (yoni)

• ca: and

• mahā-tejāḥ: of great radiance

• ca: and

• aṇḍa-jaḥ: egg-born (from the cosmic egg)

• padma-sambhavaḥ: lotus-born (arisen from the lotus)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmic account as preserved in the Linga Purana tradition)