Shloka 49

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

अप्रमाणाय सर्वाय अव्ययायामराय च नमो रूपाय गन्धाय शाश्वतायाक्षताय च

Transliteration

apramāṇāya sarvāya avyayāyāmarāya ca namo rūpāya gandhāya śāśvatāyākṣatāya ca

Translation

顶礼超越一切尺度与证成者，彼为一切；顶礼不坏与不死者。顶礼即是形相与芬芳者；顶礼常住者、无损者、不朽坏者——主宰（Pati）。

Word by Word

• अप्रमाणाय: to the immeasurable/beyond valid means of proof

• सर्वाय: to the All, the universal one

• अव्ययाय: to the imperishable, undecaying

• अमराय: to the deathless

• च: and

• नमः: salutations

• रूपाय: to (the source/presence of) form

• गन्धाय: to (the source/presence of) fragrance/essence

• शाश्वताय: to the eternal

• अक्षताय: to the unbroken/undiminishing/undecaying

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn of praise within the Linga Purana’s stuti section)