Shloka 1

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे ऽणिमाद्यष्टसिद्धित्रिगुणसंसारप्राग्नौ होमादिवर्णनं नामाष्टाशीतितमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि शौचाचारस्य लक्षणम् यदनुष्ठाय शुद्धात्मा परेत्य गतिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge 'ṇimādyaṣṭasiddhitriguṇasaṃsāraprāgnau homādivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śaucācārasya lakṣaṇam yadanuṣṭhāya śuddhātmā paretya gatimāpnuyāt

Translation

So beginnt im Śrī Liṅga‑Mahāpurāṇa, im Pūrva-bhāga, das neunundachtzigste Kapitel, genannt: „Beschreibung von Darbringungen wie dem Homa in das Feuer, das der Saṃsāra der drei Guṇas vorausgeht, zusammen mit den acht Siddhis, beginnend mit Aṇimā.“ Sūta sprach: „Von nun an werde ich die Kennzeichen des śaucācāra, der reinigenden Disziplin, darlegen; wer sie ausübt, dessen Selbst wird geläutert und erlangt nach dem Tod die wahre gati, auf den Weg zur Befreiung unter dem Herrn, dem Pati (Śiva).“

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the venerable Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrva-bhāga)

• aṇimā-ādya-aṣṭa-siddhi: the eight yogic attainments beginning with aṇimā

• triguṇa-saṃsāra: transmigratory existence governed by the three guṇas

• prāk-agnau: in the prior/preceding fire (the preparatory rite-fire)

• homa-ādi-varṇanam: description of homa and related rites

• nāma: named/called

• aṣṭāśītitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the eighty-ninth chapter

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• ata ūrdhvam: henceforth/now onward

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall declare

• śauca-ācārasya: of the conduct of purity

• lakṣaṇam: characteristics/definition

• yat: which

• anuṣṭhāya: having practised/undertaken

• śuddha-ātmā: one whose inner self is purified

• paretya: after departing (after death)

• gatim: the destined path/state (higher spiritual attainment)

• āpnuyāt: may attain.

Speaker

Sūta