Shiva Purana

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उपमन्युरुवाच ॥ अथाविरभवत्तत्र सनादं शब्दलक्षणम् ॥ ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म ब्रह्मणः प्रतिपादकम् ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Upamanyu said:— Then there manifested the single-syllabled Brahman in the characteristic way o ॥ ?॥ a word with its sound ‘Om’. It expressed the Brahman.

english translation

upamanyuruvAca ॥ athAvirabhavattatra sanAdaM zabdalakSaNam ॥ omityekAkSaraM brahma brahmaNaH pratipAdakam ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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तदप्यविदितं तावद्ब्रह्मणा विष्णुना तथा ॥ रजसा तमसा चित्तं तयोर्यस्मात्तिरस्कृतम् ॥ २ ॥

sanskrit

That too was incomprehensible to Brahmā and Viṣṇu because their minds had been screened with Rajas and Tamas.

english translation

tadapyaviditaM tAvadbrahmaNA viSNunA tathA ॥ rajasA tamasA cittaM tayoryasmAttiraskRtam ॥ 2 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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तदा विभक्तमभवच्चतुर्धैकं तदक्षरम् ॥ अ उ मेति त्रिमात्राभिः परस्ताच्चार्धमात्रया ॥ ३ ॥

sanskrit

Then that syllable divided itself into four, the three Mātrās—A, U, Ma and half the Mātrā thereafter.

english translation

tadA vibhaktamabhavaccaturdhaikaM tadakSaram ॥ a u meti trimAtrAbhiH parastAccArdhamAtrayA ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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तत्राकारः श्रितो भागे ज्वलल्लिंगस्य दक्षिणे ॥ उकारश्चोत्तरे तद्वन्मकारस्तस्य मध्यतः ॥ ४ ॥

sanskrit

The letter ‘a’ attached itself to the southern side of the blazing Liṅga, the letter “u” to the north and the letter “ma” to its middle.

english translation

tatrAkAraH zrito bhAge jvalalliMgasya dakSiNe ॥ ukArazcottare tadvanmakArastasya madhyataH ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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अर्धमात्रात्मको नादः श्रूयते लिंगमूर्धनि ॥ विभक्ते ऽपि तदा तस्मिन्प्रणवे परमाक्षरे ॥ ५ ॥

sanskrit

A half-voiced sound is heard at the head of the penis. Even when it was divided into that supreme syllable oṁkāra.

english translation

ardhamAtrAtmako nAdaH zrUyate liMgamUrdhani ॥ vibhakte 'pi tadA tasminpraNave paramAkSare ॥ 5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/70/1

उपमन्युरुवाच ॥ अथाविरभवत्तत्र सनादं शब्दलक्षणम् ॥ ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म ब्रह्मणः प्रतिपादकम् ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Upamanyu said:— Then there manifested the single-syllabled Brahman in the characteristic way o ॥ ?॥ a word with its sound ‘Om’. It expressed the Brahman.

english translation

upamanyuruvAca ॥ athAvirabhavattatra sanAdaM zabdalakSaNam ॥ omityekAkSaraM brahma brahmaNaH pratipAdakam ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/70/2

तदप्यविदितं तावद्ब्रह्मणा विष्णुना तथा ॥ रजसा तमसा चित्तं तयोर्यस्मात्तिरस्कृतम् ॥ २ ॥

sanskrit

That too was incomprehensible to Brahmā and Viṣṇu because their minds had been screened with Rajas and Tamas.

english translation

tadapyaviditaM tAvadbrahmaNA viSNunA tathA ॥ rajasA tamasA cittaM tayoryasmAttiraskRtam ॥ 2 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/70/3

तदा विभक्तमभवच्चतुर्धैकं तदक्षरम् ॥ अ उ मेति त्रिमात्राभिः परस्ताच्चार्धमात्रया ॥ ३ ॥

sanskrit

Then that syllable divided itself into four, the three Mātrās—A, U, Ma and half the Mātrā thereafter.

english translation

tadA vibhaktamabhavaccaturdhaikaM tadakSaram ॥ a u meti trimAtrAbhiH parastAccArdhamAtrayA ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/70/4

तत्राकारः श्रितो भागे ज्वलल्लिंगस्य दक्षिणे ॥ उकारश्चोत्तरे तद्वन्मकारस्तस्य मध्यतः ॥ ४ ॥

sanskrit

The letter ‘a’ attached itself to the southern side of the blazing Liṅga, the letter “u” to the north and the letter “ma” to its middle.

english translation

tatrAkAraH zrito bhAge jvalalliMgasya dakSiNe ॥ ukArazcottare tadvanmakArastasya madhyataH ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/70/5

अर्धमात्रात्मको नादः श्रूयते लिंगमूर्धनि ॥ विभक्ते ऽपि तदा तस्मिन्प्रणवे परमाक्षरे ॥ ५ ॥

sanskrit

A half-voiced sound is heard at the head of the penis. Even when it was divided into that supreme syllable oṁkāra.

english translation

ardhamAtrAtmako nAdaH zrUyate liMgamUrdhani ॥ vibhakte 'pi tadA tasminpraNave paramAkSare ॥ 5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript