आवर्णोदकीं हटकेश्र्वर । त्यास घडे नमस्कार । महिमा अत्यंतचि थोर । तया पाताळलिंगाचा ॥ १ ॥
पृथ्वीच्याभोवतीं सात समुद्रांचे आवरण आहे. त्या आवरणोदकामध्यें हतकेश्र्वर नांवाचे शिवलिंग आहे. त्याला मी नमस्कार करतो. त्या पाताळलिंगाचा महिमा फार थोर आहे.
Within these controlling waters (ie. great water element) that enclose the earth there is Lord ishwara (ie. Witness). To that purush we make our namaskar (We give our namaskar or bow down to that purush by placing our thoughts and concepts at His feet). Then the greatness of this Knower of the *lower world is to be offered to that Reality (When this gross world returns from where it came ie. out of this causal body of zero, then there is the Knower of this zero ie. Witness and witnessed. And when this witnessing is offered to that Reality then, this triad goes off. Reality has no other and no knowledge and no ignorance).