Shiva Purana

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अष्टादशानां विद्यानामेतासां भिन्नवर्त्मनाम् ॥ आदिकर्ता कविस्साक्षाच्छूलपाणिरिति श्रुतिः ॥ २७ ॥

sanskrit

Śruti mentions that the original exponent and poet of the eighteen Vidyās, each having its own individual path, is the trident-bearing lord himself.

english translation

aSTAdazAnAM vidyAnAmetAsAM bhinnavartmanAm ॥ AdikartA kavissAkSAcchUlapANiriti zrutiH ॥ 27 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/1/27

अष्टादशानां विद्यानामेतासां भिन्नवर्त्मनाम् ॥ आदिकर्ता कविस्साक्षाच्छूलपाणिरिति श्रुतिः ॥ २७ ॥

sanskrit

Śruti mentions that the original exponent and poet of the eighteen Vidyās, each having its own individual path, is the trident-bearing lord himself.

english translation

aSTAdazAnAM vidyAnAmetAsAM bhinnavartmanAm ॥ AdikartA kavissAkSAcchUlapANiriti zrutiH ॥ 27 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript