Shloka 97

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

द्विदले षोडशारे वा द्वादशारे क्रमेण तु दशारे वा षडस्रे वा चतुरस्रे स्मरेच्छिवम्

Transliteration

dvidale ṣoḍaśāre vā dvādaśāre krameṇa tu daśāre vā ṣaḍasre vā caturasre smarecchivam

Translation

En el loto de dos pétalos, o en la rueda de dieciséis radios, o en orden en la de doce; o también en la de diez radios, o en el mandala de seis ángulos, o de cuatro—allí debe contemplarse al Señor Śiva como Pati, el que desata los lazos (pāśa) que atan al paśu.

Word by Word

• द्विदले: in a two-petalled (lotus/diagram)

• षोडशारे: in a sixteen-spoked (wheel/lotus)

• वा: or

• द्वादशारे: in a twelve-spoked

• क्रमेण: in due order/sequence

• तु: indeed

• दशारे: in a ten-spoked

• वा: or

• षडस्रे: in a six-cornered (hexagonal) figure

• वा: or

• चतुरस्रे: in a four-cornered (square) figure

• स्मरेत्: one should remember/meditate upon

• शिवम्: Śiva (the auspicious Lord, Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-dhyana/puja-vidhi taught in the Linga Purana tradition)