इति निगदितवन्तं देवदेवं महेशं निखिलनिगमसारं स्वर्गमोक्षैकबीजम् । कलिमलकलितानां पावनैकान्तचित्ता त्रिभुवनजनमाता पार्वती प्राह भक्त्या ॥ १ ॥
iti nigaditavantaṁ dēvadēvaṁ mahēśaṁ nikhilanigamasāraṁ svargamōkṣaikabījam | kalimalakalitānāṁ pāvanaikāntacittā tribhuvanajanamātā pārvatī prāha bhaktyā || 1 ||
Translation
When the god of gods, Maheśa, had spoken thus, Pārvatī, mother of the people of the three worlds, whose mind was set wholly on purifying those stained by the Kali age, spoke to him with devotion, he who is the essence of all the scriptures and the one seed of heaven and liberation.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- nigaditavantaṁ
- who had spoken
- dēva
- of gods
- dēvaṁ
- the god
- mahēśaṁ
- Maheśa
- nikhila
- of all
- nigama
- the scriptures
- sāraṁ
- the essence
- svarga
- of heaven
- mōkṣa
- and liberation
- ēka
- (eka) the one
- bījam
- seed
- kali
- of the Kali age
- mala
- by the stain
- kalitānāṁ
- of those marked
- pāvana
- on purifying
- ēkānta
- (ekānta) wholly
- cittā
- whose mind was set
- tribhuvana
- of the three worlds
- jana
- of the people
- mātā
- the mother
- pārvatī
- Pārvatī
- prāha
- said
- bhaktyā
- with devotion
Meaning
The thirteenth chapter opens, like several before it, with the Devī asking on behalf of humanity. The commentary reads "kalimalakalitānāṁ pāvanaikāntacittā" as the key to her question: her whole concern is to cleanse people who carry the stain of the Kali age. Śiva is called the essence of the nigamas, the revealed teaching, and the single seed from which both heaven and final freedom grow.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Oṁ, salutation to Brahman. "Iti" and the rest. Nigaditavantam: who had spoken. Kalimalakalitānāṁ pāvanaikāntacittā: she whose mind was set wholly on purifying the people joined to the stains of the Kali age.