Shloka 11
Adhyaya 73 — त्रिपुरदाहे ब्रह्मस्तवः
Brahmā’s Hymn in the Context of Tripura’s Burning
Devanagari script
पूजनीयो महादेवो लिङ्गमूर्तिः सनातनः विशोध्य चैव भूतानि पञ्चभिः प्रणवैः समम्
Transliteration
pūjanīyo mahādevo liṅgamūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ viśodhya caiva bhūtāni pañcabhiḥ praṇavaiḥ samam
Translation
Mahādeva—ewig, als die eigene Gestalt des Liṅga gegründet—ist verehrungswürdig. Vor Beginn des Ritus soll man die fünf Bhūtas (Elemente) durch den fünffachen Praṇava reinigen und sich auf die heilige Schwingung einstimmen.
Word by Word
pūjanīyaḥworthy of worship
pūjanīyaḥ:
mahādevaḥMahādeva (Śiva, the Supreme Pati)
mahādevaḥ:
liṅga-mūrtiḥhaving the Liṅga as His manifest form
liṅga-mūrtiḥ:
sanātanaḥeternal, beginningless
sanātanaḥ:
viśodhyahaving purified, cleansed
viśodhya:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
bhūtānithe elements/constituents (earth, water, fire, air, ether) and the embodied field
bhūtāni:
pañcabhiḥby five (fivefold)
pañcabhiḥ:
praṇavaiḥPraṇavas (the sacred Oṁ-formulas/vibrations)
praṇavaiḥ:
samamtogether, in unison, harmoniously
samam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja instructions to the sages of Naimisharanya)