सर्वैर्वेदैः पुराणैश्च स्मृतिभिः संहितादिभिः । प्रतिपाद्योऽस्मि नान्योऽस्ति प्रभुर्जगति मां विना ॥ १० ॥
sarvairvēdaiḥ purāṇaiśca smṛtibhiḥ saṁhitādibhiḥ | pratipādyō’smi nānyō’sti prabhurjagati māṁ vinā || 10 ||
Translation
It is I whom all the Vedas, the Purāṇas, the smṛtis, the saṁhitās and the rest set out to teach; there is no other lord in the world but me.
Word by word
- sarvairvēdaiḥ
- by all the Vedas
- purāṇaiśca
- and by the Purāṇas
- smṛtibhiḥ
- by the smṛtis
- saṁhitādibhiḥ
- by the saṁhitās and the rest
- pratipādyō’smi
- I am the one to be taught
- nānyō’sti
- there is no other
- prabhurjagati
- lord in the world
- māṁ
- me
- vinā
- but
Meaning
To establish the authority of his teaching, the commentary says, Śiva first declares himself the highest.