श्रीसदाशिव उवाच । त्वमाद्या परमा शक्तिः सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपिणी । तव शक्त्या वयं शक्ताः सृष्टिस्थितिलयादिषु ॥ १ ॥
śrīsadāśiva uvāca | tvamādyā paramā śaktiḥ sarvaśaktisvarūpiṇī | tava śaktyā vayaṁ śaktāḥ sṛṣṭisthitilayādiṣu || 1 ||
Translation
Śrī Sadāśiva said: You are the Primordial, the supreme Śakti, whose nature is every power; by your power we are able to create, preserve and dissolve.
Word by word
- śrīsadāśiva
- Śrī Sadāśiva
- uvāca
- said
- tvamādyā
- you are the Primordial
- paramā
- supreme
- śaktiḥ
- Śakti, power
- sarvaśaktisvarūpiṇī
- whose nature is every power
- tava
- your
- śaktyā
- by the power
- vayaṁ
- we
- śaktāḥ
- are able
- sṛṣṭisthitilayādiṣu
- in creation, preservation, dissolution and the rest
Meaning
Śiva begins the special worship of the Goddess promised at the end of chapter 4 by naming her as the power behind the gods themselves.