Shloka 5
उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः
Devanagari script
श्रीदेव्युवाच भगवन्देवदेवेश सर्वलोकमहेश्वर पञ्चाक्षरस्य माहात्म्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
Transliteration
śrīdevyuvāca bhagavandevadeveśa sarvalokamaheśvara pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ
Translation
Wika ni Śrī Devī: “O Mapalad na Panginoon, Diyos ng mga diyos, Dakilang Panginoon ng lahat ng daigdig—ninais kong marinig, sa tunay na katotohanan at ayon sa tumpak na tattva, ang kadakilaan ng limang-pantig na mantra.”
Word by Word
śrī-devī uvācaŚrī Devī said
śrī-devī uvāca:
bhagavanO Blessed Lord
bhagavan:
deva-deveśaLord of the gods
deva-deveśa:
sarva-loka-maheśvaraGreat Lord of all worlds
sarva-loka-maheśvara:
pañca-akṣarasyaof the five-syllabled (mantra, ‘Namaḥ Śivāya’)
pañca-akṣarasya:
māhātmyamgreatness, sacred potency
māhātmyam:
śrotum icchāmiI wish to hear
śrotum icchāmi:
tattvataḥtruly, according to tattva (reality/principle)
tattvataḥ:
Speaker
Devī (Pārvatī/Śakti)