Srimad Bhagavatam

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भवानीनाथैः स्त्रीगणार्बुदसहस्रैरवरुध्यमानो भगवतश्चतुर्मूर्तेर्महापुरुषस्य तुरीयां तामसीं मूर्तिं प्रकृतिमात्मनः सङ्कर्षणसंज्ञामात्मसमाधिरूपेण सन्निधाप्यैतदभिगृणन् भव उपधावति ।। ५-१७-१६ ।।

sanskrit

In Ilāvṛta-varṣa, Lord Śiva is always encircled by ten billion maidservants of Goddess Durgā, who minister to him. The quadruple expansion of the Supreme Lord is composed of Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Saṅkarṣaṇa. Saṅkarṣaṇa, the fourth expansion, is certainly transcendental, but because His activities of destruction in the material world are in the mode of ignorance, He is known as tāmasī, the Lord’s form in the mode of ignorance. Lord Śiva knows that Saṅkarṣaṇa is the original cause of his own existence, and thus he always meditates upon Him in trance by chanting the following mantra. ।। 5-17-16 ।।

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hindi translation

bhavAnInAthaiH strIgaNArbudasahasrairavarudhyamAno bhagavatazcaturmUrtermahApuruSasya turIyAM tAmasIM mUrtiM prakRtimAtmanaH saGkarSaNasaMjJAmAtmasamAdhirUpeNa sannidhApyaitadabhigRNan bhava upadhAvati || 5-17-16 ||

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