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एवं शक्तिसमायोगाच्छक्तिमानुच्यते शिवः ॥ शक्तिशक्तिमदुत्थं तु शाक्तं शैवमिदं जगत् ॥ ३६ ॥
Śiva is called Śaktimān since he is in association with it. This universe born of both Śakti and Śaktimān is termed Śākta and Śaiva.
english translation
यथा न जायते पुत्रः पितरं मातरं विना ॥ तथा भवं भवानीं च विना नैतच्चराचरम् ॥ स्त्रीपुंसप्रभवं विश्वं स्त्रीपुंसात्मकमेव च ॥ ३७ ॥
Just as no boy is born without parents, so also the universe of mobile and immobile beings does not originate without Śiva and Śivā. The universe has both a male and a female source, hence it is in the nature of male and female.
english translation
स्त्रीपुंसयोर्विभूतिश्च स्त्रीपुंसाभ्यामधिष्ठितम् ॥ परमात्मा शिवः प्रोक्तश्शिवा सा च प्रकीर्तिता ॥ ३८ ॥
It is the effect of the superhuman power of male and female. It is presided over by a male and a female. Śiva is the great Ātman and Śivā the great Śakti.
english translation
शिवस्सदाशिवः प्रोक्तः शिवा सा च मनोन्मनी ॥ शिवो महेश्वरो ज्ञेयः शिवा मायेति कथ्यते ॥ ३९ ॥
Sadāśiva is Śiva and Manonmanī is Śivā, Maheśvara is known as Śiva and Śivā as Māyā.
english translation
पुरुषः परमेशानः प्रकृतिः परमेश्वरी ॥ रुद्रो महेश्वरस्साक्षाद्रुद्राणी रुद्रवल्लभा ॥ ४० ॥
Puruṣa is the great god and Prakṛti the great goddess. Rudra is the great god himself and Rudrāṇī is his beloved.
english translation