Shloka 27

लिङ्गार्चनविधिक्रमः—शुद्धि, न्यास, आसनकल्पना, अभिषेक, स्तोत्र-प्रदक्षिणा

Adhyaya 27

Devanagari script

सर्वज्ञत्वं तथैशान्यं कर्णिका सोम उच्यते सोमस्याधस् तथा सूर्यस् तस्याधः पावकः स्वयम्

Transliteration

sarvajñatvaṃ tathaiśānyaṃ karṇikā soma ucyate somasyādhas tathā sūryas tasyādhaḥ pāvakaḥ svayam

Translation

La omnisciencia y el principio de Iśāna (noreste, soberano) se dicen asentados en la karṇikā (el centro, el pericarpio); allí se declara que Soma preside. Debajo de Soma está Sūrya, y debajo de él, en verdad, está Pāvaka (Agni) mismo.

Word by Word

• सर्वज्ञत्वम्: omniscience (all-knowing nature of Pati, Śiva)

• तथा: and likewise

• ऐशान्यम्: belonging to Iśāna / the northeast / the lordly Śaiva principle

• कर्णिका: the lotus-pericarp (central core of the maṇḍala)

• सोमः: Soma (Moon-deity, nectar principle)

• उच्यते: is said / is declared

• सोमस्य: of Soma

• अधस्: below

• तथा: likewise

• सूर्यः: Sūrya (Sun-deity)

• तस्य: of him / below him

• अधः: beneath

• पावकः: Pāvaka (Agni, fire)

• स्वयम्: himself / directly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga-maṇḍala symbolism within the Purāṇic discourse)