Prefatory 0
श्रीशिवदृष्टिःश्रीमत्सोमानन्दविरचिताश्रीमहामाहेश्वरोत्पलदेवाचार्यरचितया वृत्त्योपेता ।प्रथममाह्निकम्चिदाकाशमये स्वाङ्गे विश्वालेख्यविधायिने ।सर्वाद्भुतोद्भवभुवे नमो विषमचक्षुषे ॥ १ ॥विभ्रमाकरसंज्ञेन स्वपुत्रेणास्मि चोदितः ।पद्मानन्दाभिधानेन तथा सब्रह्मचारिणा ॥ २ ॥ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञोक्तविस्तरे गुरुनिर्मिते ।शिवदृष्टिप्रकरणे करोमि पदसंगतिम् ॥ ३ ॥
In plain words
The venerable Śivadṛṣṭi, composed by the venerable Somānanda, with the Vṛtti composed by the venerable Utpaladeva, great devotee of Śiva and teacher. The first āhnika. Homage to the one of the uneven eye, who paints the picture of the universe on his own body, made of the space of cit, the ground from which every marvel springs. I have been urged on by my own son, who bears the name Vibhramākara, and likewise by my fellow student, called Padmānanda. On the treatise Śivadṛṣṭi, made by my teacher, whose full expanse is set out in the Īśvarapratyabhijñā, I set out how its words join together.