Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63

अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना

Devanagari script

तत्र चैषा तु या मात्रा प्लुता नामोपदिश्यते एषा एव भवेत्कार्या गृहस्थानां तु योगिनाम्

Transliteration

tatra caiṣā tu yā mātrā plutā nāmopadiśyate eṣā eva bhavetkāryā gṛhasthānāṃ tu yoginām

Translation

Here, the mātrā taught as the “pluta” (prolonged utterance)—this alone should be practiced by yogins who live the householder’s life. Through regulated, lengthened japa it steadies the paśu (individual soul) amid worldly duties and turns the mind toward Pati, Lord Śiva.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there/in that context

• च: and

• एषा: this

• तु: indeed

• या: which

• मात्रा: measure/time-unit of utterance (prosodic duration)

• प्लुता: prolonged (pluta-vowel, extended recitation)

• नाम: by name/as ‘pluta’

• उपदिश्यते: is taught/instructed

• एषा एव: this alone/this very one

• भवेत्: should be/ought to be

• कार्या: to be done/practiced

• गृहस्थानाम्: of householders

• तु: indeed

• योगिनाम्: of yogins/disciples engaged in yoga

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teachings to the sages at Naimisharanya, conveying a yoga/japa instruction)