Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

क्षीरस्नानं ततो विप्राः शताधिकमनुत्तमम् दध्ना सहस्रमाख्यातं मधुना तच्छताधिकम्

Transliteration

kṣīrasnānaṃ tato viprāḥ śatādhikamanuttamam dadhnā sahasramākhyātaṃ madhunā tacchatādhikam

Translation

তাৰ পাছত, হে বিপ্ৰসকল, লিংগত ক্ষীৰাভিষেক শতাধিক ফলদায়ক আৰু অনুত্তম বুলি ঘোষণা কৰা হৈছে। দধিৰে সহস্ৰগুণ ফল, আৰু মধুৰে তাৰো শতাধিক ফল কোৱা হৈছে।

Word by Word

• क्षीर-स्नानम्: bathing (abhisheka) with milk

• ततः: then/thereafter

• विप्राः: O Brahmins (sages)

• शत-अधिकम्: more than a hundredfold

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed/excellent

• दध्ना: with curd

• सहस्रम्: a thousandfold

• आख्यातम्: declared/taught

• मधुना: with honey

• तत्-शत-अधिकम्: a hundred more than that (i.e., exceeding the previous measure)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)