śrī-śuka uvāca
śivaḥ śakti-yutaḥ śaśvat
tri-lińgo guṇa-saḿvṛtaḥ
vaikārikas taijasaś ca
tāmasaś cety ahaḿ tridhā
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.