Shloka 2

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

श्वेतकल्पो यदा ह्यासीद् अहमेव तदाभवम् श्वेतोष्णीषः श्वेतमाल्यः श्वेतांबरधरः सितः

Transliteration

śvetakalpo yadā hyāsīd ahameva tadābhavam śvetoṣṇīṣaḥ śvetamālyaḥ śvetāṃbaradharaḥ sitaḥ

Translation

جب شْوَیت-کلپ آیا تو اسی وقت میں ہی تنہا ظاہر ہوا—سفید عمامہ باندھے، سفید ہار پہنے، سفید لباس میں، نہایت روشن اور پاکیزہ۔

Word by Word

• śveta-kalpaḥ: the Śveta Kalpa (the ‘white’ aeon)

• yadā: when

• hi: indeed

• āsīt: existed/came into being

• aham eva: I alone (the Supreme Lord, Pati)

• tadā: then

• abhavam: I became/I manifested

• śveta-uṣṇīṣaḥ: having a white turban/diadem

• śveta-mālyaḥ: wearing a white garland

• śveta-aṃbara-dharaḥ: wearing white garments

• sitaḥ: white, luminous, pure

Speaker

Shiva (Mahadeva) speaking within Suta’s narration