Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 62

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iti . ūrdhvādho bindurūpeṇa visargeṇa sarvatattvāvirbhāvatirobhāvasthānabhūtaṃ
paramaśivaparābhaṭṭārikākhyaṃ pradhānatattvaṃ ca saṅgṛhītamityeṣā dik .
evaṃ tribhiḥ sthānai rūpairbījaiśca purāparaparyāyaiḥ padairyuktatvāt tripureti
niruktaṃ bhavati . etacca nirvacanāntaropalakṣaṇam . kathaṃ tribhyastejovannebhyaḥ
purā bhāvāt tripurā . sadeva somyedamagra āsīd

Thus. By means of the visarga in the form of upper and lower bindus, the primary principle of reality known as Paramaśiva and Parābhaṭṭārikā, which is the locus of the manifestation and dissolution of all principles of reality, is also comprehended: this is the general indication. Thus, because she is joined with three abodes, forms, and seed syllables, [which are] words synonymous with *pura*, she is etymologized as "Tripurā". And this points implicitly to other etymologies. How? She is Tripurā because of existing prior (*purā*) to the three, [namely] fire, water, and food (*tejas*, *ap*, *anna*); as the scripture says: "In the beginning, my dear, this was being alone,