Shloka 16

एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च

Devanagari script

क्व वा भूयश् च गन्तव्यं कश् च वा ते प्रतिश्रयः को भवान् विश्वमूर्तिर्वै कर्तव्यं किं च ते मया

Transliteration

kva vā bhūyaś ca gantavyaṃ kaś ca vā te pratiśrayaḥ ko bhavān viśvamūrtirvai kartavyaṃ kiṃ ca te mayā

Translation

“Saan pa ako dapat magtungo mula rito, at ano ang kanlungan para sa iyo? Sino ka sa katotohanan—O Ikaw na ang anyo ay ang buong sansinukob? At ano ang dapat kong gawin para sa iyo?”

Word by Word

• kva: where

• vā: or/indeed

• bhūyaḥ: again/further

• ca: and

• gantavyam: to be gone/to be proceeded to

• kaḥ: who/what

• ca: and

• vā: or

• te: your/for you

• pratiśrayaḥ: shelter, refuge, resting-place

• ko: who

• bhavān: you (honorific)

• viśva-mūrtiḥ: whose form is the universe, cosmic-formed

• vai: indeed/verily

• kartavyam: what ought to be done, duty

• kim: what

• ca: and

• te: for you

• mayā: by me

Speaker

Brahma (inquiring in humility before the manifest Cosmic Lord, understood as Shiva/Viśvamūrti in the Linga-Purana context)