Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

स्वदेहपिण्डं जुहुयाद् यः स याति परां गतिम् यावत्तावन्निराहारो भूत्वा प्राणान् परित्यजेत्

Transliteration

svadehapiṇḍaṃ juhuyād yaḥ sa yāti parāṃ gatim yāvattāvannirāhāro bhūtvā prāṇān parityajet

Translation

Wer die eigene leibliche Masse als Opfergabe (juhu) darbringt, gelangt zum höchsten Ziel. Indem er für die vorgeschriebene Zeit ohne Nahrung bleibt, soll er dann die prāṇas, die Lebenshauche, aufgeben; so durchtrennt er die Fesseln des paśu und erreicht den Pati, Shiva.

Word by Word

• svadeha-piṇḍam: one’s own body (as a lump/mass)

• juhuyāt: should offer into the fire / should sacrifice

• yaḥ: whoever

• saḥ: he

• yāti: goes/attains

• parām: supreme

• gatim: state/goal

• yāvat-tāvat: for as long as that (stipulated) duration

• nirāhāraḥ: without food, fasting

• bhūtvā: having become/remaining

• prāṇān: the vital breaths, life-forces

• parityajet: should abandon, should give up

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, describing a Shaiva vrata aligned with Pāśupata discipline)