Shloka 40

लिङ्गार्चनविधिक्रमः—शुद्धि, न्यास, आसनकल्पना, अभिषेक, स्तोत्र-प्रदक्षिणा

Adhyaya 27

Devanagari script

यैर्लिङ्गं सकृदप्येवं स्नाप्य मुच्येत मानवः पवमानेन मन्त्रज्ञाः तथा वामीयकेन च

Transliteration

yairliṅgaṃ sakṛdapyevaṃ snāpya mucyeta mānavaḥ pavamānena mantrajñāḥ tathā vāmīyakena ca

Translation

Die Kenner der Mantras verkünden, dass ein Mensch befreit wird, selbst wenn er den Liṅga nur ein einziges Mal auf diese Weise badet—unter Anwendung des Pavamāna-Mantras und ebenso des Vāmīyaka-Mantras.

Word by Word

• यैः: by which (mantras/means)

• लिङ्गम्: the Liṅga (Śiva’s emblem)

• सकृत्: once

• अपि: even

• एवम्: thus/in this prescribed way

• स्नाप्य: having bathed (ritually anointed)

• मुच्येत: is released, becomes liberated

• मानवः: a human being (pāśu, bound soul)

• पवमानेन: with the Pavamāna (purifying) mantra

• मन्त्रज्ञाः: those who know mantras/ritual science

• तथा: and likewise

• वामीयकेन: with the Vāmīyaka mantra

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)