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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 16]
namaḥ śivāya rudrāya namaḥ śakti-dharāya ca sarva-vidyādhipataye bhūtānām pataye namaḥ
namaḥ —I offer my respectful obeisances unto You;  śivāya —the incarnation named Lord Śiva;  rudrāya —the expansion named Rudra;  namaḥ —obeisances;  śakti-dharāya —the reservoir of all potencies;  ca —and;  sarva-vidyā-adhipataye —the reservoir of all knowledge;  bhūtānām —of the living entities;  pataye —the supreme master;  namaḥ —I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, Lord Śiva, or Rudra, who are the reservoir of all potencies, the reservoir of all knowledge, and the master of everyone.
PURPORT
It is the system for one to offer obeisances unto the expansion or incarnation of the Lord. Lord Śiva is the incarnation of ignorance, one of the material modes of nature.
TEXT 33
नमो हिरण्यगर्भाय प्राणाय जगदात्मने । योगैश्वर्यशरीराय नमस्ते योगहेतवे ॥३३॥
namo hiraṇyagarbhāya prāṇāya jagad-ātmane yogaiśvarya-śarīrāya namas te yoga-hetave
namaḥ —I offer my respectful obeisances unto You;  hiraṇyagarbhāya —situated as the four-headed Hiraṇyagarbha, Brahmā;  prāṇāya —the source of everyone's life;  jagat-ātmane —the Supersoul of the entire universe;  yoga-aiśvarya-śarīrāya —whose body