[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Religious Traditions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya) › [Other cults, manuals and hymns](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general) › [Hymns to the Goddess](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra) › [Laghustutih (vrittisameta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti) › 62 # Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 62 Laghustutiḥ (vṛttisametā) 62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.62) 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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.61) - [Next: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.63) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti~en-mt.62) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Laghustutivṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti!laghustutivrtti.56) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.62) · Pramāṇa