Shloka 11

Pāśupata-vrata Māhātmya: Dvādaśa-Liṅga Mahāvrata, Month-wise Dravya, and Pūjā-krama

Devanagari script

कर्णिकायां न्यसेल्लिङ्गं स्फाटिकं पीठसंयुतम् तत्र भक्त्या यथान्यायम् अर्चयेद् बिल्वपत्रकैः

Transliteration

karṇikāyāṃ nyaselliṅgaṃ sphāṭikaṃ pīṭhasaṃyutam tatra bhaktyā yathānyāyam arcayed bilvapatrakaiḥ

Translation

কৰ্ণিকাত যথাযথ পীঠসহ স্ফটিক লিঙ্গ স্থাপন কৰিব লাগে। তাত ভক্তিৰে বিধি অনুসাৰে বিল্বপাতৰে অৰ্চনা কৰিব লাগে।

Word by Word

• कर्णिकायाम्: on the karṇikā/central pedestal

• न्यसेत्: should place/establish

• लिङ्गम्: the Liṅga (icon of Śiva)

• स्फाटिकम्: crystal/clear quartz

• पीठसंयुतम्: joined with the base/pīṭha

• तत्र: there

• भक्त्या: with devotion

• यथान्यायम्: according to rule/ritual propriety

• अर्चयेत्: should worship

• बिल्वपत्रकैः: with bilva leaves

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)