Shloka 1

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिर् नाम त्रिसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच देइत्य् => लिङ्ग लिङ्गानि कल्पयित्वैवं स्वाधिकारानुरूपतः विश्वकर्मा ददौ तेषां नियोगाद्ब्रह्मणः प्रभोः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge brahmaproktaliṅgārcanavidhir nāma trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca deity => liṅga liṅgāni kalpayitvaivaṃ svādhikārānurūpataḥ viśvakarmā dadau teṣāṃ niyogādbrahmaṇaḥ prabhoḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Liṅga-Mahāpurāṇa (Pūrvabhāga), in the seventy-fourth chapter entitled “The Procedure of Liṅga-Worship as taught by Brahmā,” Sūta said: “In this manner Viśvakarmā fashioned various forms of Liṅgas, each suited to the devotee’s eligibility and office, and—by the command of Lord Brahmā—bestowed them upon those beings.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

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

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrvabhāga)

• brahmaprokta: taught by Brahmā

• liṅga-arcana-vidhiḥ: the method/procedure of worshipping the Liṅga

• nāma: named

• trisaptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the seventy-fourth chapter

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• liṅga-liṅgāni: (many) Liṅgas / varieties of Liṅgas

• kalpayitvā: having fashioned/constructed

• evaṃ: thus

• svādhikāra-anurūpataḥ: in accordance with one’s own adhikāra (eligibility, authority, ritual competence)

• viśvakarmā: Viśvakarmā (divine architect)

• dadau: gave/bestowed

• teṣām: to them/for them

• niyogāt: by the injunction/command

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā

• prabhoḥ: the lord/master

Speaker

Suta