Sanskrit · Devanagari
स होवाच प्रजापतिः—सा सीतेति। मूलप्रकृतिरूपत्वात् सा सीता प्रकृतिः स्मृता। प्रणवप्रकृतिरूपत्वात् सा सीता प्रकृतिरुच्यते ॥ २ ॥
IAST
sa hovāca prajāpatiḥ—sā sīteti| mūlaprakṛtirūpatvāt sā sītā prakṛtiḥ smṛtā| praṇavaprakṛtirūpatvāt sā sītā prakṛtirucyate || 2 ||
Fresh English translation
Prajāpati replied: ‘She is Sītā.’ Because she is the form of primordial Nature, Sītā is remembered as Prakṛti; because she is the primal nature of praṇava, Sītā is called Prakṛti.