Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.88.3

śrī-śuka uvāca

śivaḥ śakti-yutaḥ śaśvat

tri-lińgo guṇa-saḿvṛtaḥ

vaikārikas taijasaś ca

tāmasaś cety ahaḿ tridhā

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śuka said; śivaḥ — Lord Śiva; śakti — with his energy, material nature; yataḥ — united; śaśvat — always; tri — three; lińgaḥ — whose manifest features; guṇa — by the modes; saḿvṛtaḥ — prayed to; vaikārikaḥ — false ego in the mode of goodness; taijasaḥ — false ego in the mode of passion; ca — and; tāmasaḥ — false ego in mode of ignorance; ca — and; iti — thus; aham — the principle of material ego; tridhā — threefold.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva said: Lord Śiva is always united with his personal energy, the material nature. Manifesting himself in three features in response to the entreaties of nature's three modes, he thus embodies the threefold principle of material ego in goodness, passion and ignorance.

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