sivah—Lord Siva; sakti-yuktah—associated with material nature; sasvat—eternally; tri-lingah—in three features; guna-samvrtah—covered by the modes of nature; vaikarikah—one is called vaikarika; taijasah ca—another is called taijasa; tamasah ca—as well as tamasa; iti—thus; aham—egotism; tri-dha—three kinds.