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सा मूलप्रकृतिर्माया त्रिगुणा च त्रिधा स्मृता ॥ शिवया च विपर्यस्तं यया ततमिदं जगत् ॥ १६ ॥
It is also called Mūlaprakṛti, Māyā and Triguṇā. It is threefold. The universe is hurled back by her and pervaded.
english translation
एकधा च द्विधा चैव तथा शतसहस्रधा ॥ शक्तयः खलु भिद्यंते बहुधा व्यवहारतः ॥ १७ ॥
As one unit, as twofold, in hundreds and thousands Śaktis ramify themselves in their function.
english translation
शिवेच्छया पराशक्तिः शिवतत्त्वैकतां गता ॥ ततः परिस्फुरत्यादौ सर्गे तैलं तिलादिव ॥ १८ ॥
At the will of Śiva, the great Śakti united with Śivatattva manifests from it at the first creation, like the oil from the gingelly seed.
english translation
ततः क्रियाख्यया शक्त्या शक्तौ शक्तिमदुत्थया ॥ तस्यां विक्षोभ्यमाणायामादौ नादः समुद्बभौ ॥ १९ ॥
Then the śakti being agitated by the Kriyā Śakti originating from the Śaktimān, the primordial sound originates at the outset of creation.
english translation
नादाद्विनिःसृतो बिंदुर्बिंदोदेवस्सदाशिवः ॥ तस्मान्महेश्वरो जातः शुद्धविद्या महेश्वरात् ॥ २० ॥
The Bindu comes out of the Nāda; from Bindu comes out Sadāśiva. From him is born Maheśvara and Suddhavidyā originates from Maheśvara.
english translation