Shloka 18

श्वेतमुनिना कालस्य निग्रहः (मृत्युञ्जय-भक्ति-प्रसादः)

Devanagari script

लिङ्गे ऽस्मिन् संस्थितः श्वेत तव रुद्रो महेश्वरः निश्चेष्टो ऽसौ महादेवः कथं पूज्यो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

liṅge 'smin saṃsthitaḥ śveta tava rudro maheśvaraḥ niśceṣṭo 'sau mahādevaḥ kathaṃ pūjyo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

โอ ศเวตะ! รุทระของเจ้า—มหेशวร มหาเทวะ—สถิตอยู่ในลิงคะนี้ แต่พระองค์ไร้การกระทำและไม่ไหวติง แล้วมหेशวรนั้นจะบูชาอย่างไรเล่า?

Word by Word

• liṅge: in the Liṅga

• asmin: in this

• saṃsthitaḥ: established/abiding

• śveta: O Śveta

• tava: your

• rudraḥ: Rudra

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara (Great Lord)

• niśceṣṭaḥ: without activity/actionless

• asau: that (He)

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Great God)

• katham: how

• pūjyaḥ: to be worshipped

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal dialogue, addressing Śveta or quoting a question posed to him)