Shloka 17

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

कृत्वा वित्तानुसारेण भक्त्या रुद्राय शंभवे यत्फलं लभते मर्त्यस् तत्फलं प्रवदाम्यहम्

Transliteration

kṛtvā vittānusāreṇa bhaktyā rudrāya śaṃbhave yatphalaṃ labhate martyas tatphalaṃ pravadāmyaham

Translation

নিজ সামৰ্থ্য অনুসাৰে ভক্তিভাৱে ৰুদ্ৰ-শম্ভুলৈ অৰ্পণ কৰি মর্ত্যই যি ফল লাভ কৰে, সেই ফলেই মই এতিয়া বৰ্ণনা কৰোঁ।

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done, having performed

• वित्तानुसारेण: according to one’s wealth/means

• भक्त्या: with devotion

• रुद्राय: to Rudra

• शंभवे: to Śambhu (the auspicious Lord)

• यत्फलं: whatever fruit/result

• लभते: obtains

• मर्त्यः: a mortal (bound soul, paśu)

• तत्फलं: that fruit/result

• प्रवदामि: I declare, I explain

• अहम्: I

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)