Shiva Purana

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आद्ये त्रिपंचरूपे च स्वरे षोडशके त्रिषु ॥ महामन्त्रो भवेदादौ स सकारो भवेद्यदा ॥ ४०॥

sanskrit

The great Mantra is formed with “sa” and the sixteenth vowel (ḥ) = “saḥ” and “a” + “ha” with the fifteenth vowel (“ṃ”) = “aham” = (“so'ham”).

english translation

Adye tripaMcarUpe ca svare SoDazake triSu ॥ mahAmantro bhavedAdau sa sakAro bhavedyadA ॥ 40॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kailasa-samhita/16/40

आद्ये त्रिपंचरूपे च स्वरे षोडशके त्रिषु ॥ महामन्त्रो भवेदादौ स सकारो भवेद्यदा ॥ ४०॥

sanskrit

The great Mantra is formed with “sa” and the sixteenth vowel (ḥ) = “saḥ” and “a” + “ha” with the fifteenth vowel (“ṃ”) = “aham” = (“so'ham”).

english translation

Adye tripaMcarUpe ca svare SoDazake triSu ॥ mahAmantro bhavedAdau sa sakAro bhavedyadA ॥ 40॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript