लिंगस्य देवदेवस्य महिमानं परस्य च । नमस्ते परमेशाय नमस्ते विश्वमंगल । नमस्ते शितिकण्ठाय नमस्तस्मै कपर्दिने
liṃgasya devadevasya mahimānaṃ parasya ca | namaste parameśāya namaste viśvamaṃgala | namaste śitikaṇṭhāya namastasmai kapardine
«(أُثني على) جلال إله الآلهة، الربّ الأسمى، المتجلّي في هيئة اللِّينغا. سلامٌ لك يا باراميشڤارا؛ سلامٌ لك يا بركةَ الكون. سلامٌ لك يا أبيضَ الحلق (شِتيكانثا)؛ سلامٌ لذاك، ربِّ الضفائر المعقودة (كَبَردين).»
Kāla
Tirtha: Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee (or sage) stands before the Kedāra-liṅga with folded hands, offering repeated salutations; Śiva is envisioned with matted hair and pale/blue-tinged throat, radiating universal auspiciousness.
Reciting Śiva’s epithets cultivates devotion and recognizes Him as the supreme auspicious reality pervading the world.
Kedāra/Kedārnātha, within Kedārakhaṇḍa, where Liṅga-devotion and Śiva’s auspiciousness are extolled.
Implicit practice: namaskāra and nāma-japa (repetition of divine names) as a form of stotra.