Shiva Purana

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नारायणेति नामापि तस्यसीच्छ्रुतिसंमतम् ।। नान्यत्किंचित्तदा ह्यासीत्प्राकृतं पुरुषं विना।।५४।।

sanskrit

As approved in the Vedas, his name came to be established as Nārāyaṇa (Having water as abode). Excepting for that Primordial Being there was nothing then.

english translation

nArAyaNeti nAmApi tasyasIcchrutisaMmatam || nAnyatkiMcittadA hyAsItprAkRtaM puruSaM vinA||54||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/6/54

नारायणेति नामापि तस्यसीच्छ्रुतिसंमतम् ।। नान्यत्किंचित्तदा ह्यासीत्प्राकृतं पुरुषं विना।।५४।।

sanskrit

As approved in the Vedas, his name came to be established as Nārāyaṇa (Having water as abode). Excepting for that Primordial Being there was nothing then.

english translation

nArAyaNeti nAmApi tasyasIcchrutisaMmatam || nAnyatkiMcittadA hyAsItprAkRtaM puruSaM vinA||54||

hk transliteration