Shloka 29

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

Adhyaya 27

Devanagari script

आत्मत्रयं ततश्चोर्ध्वं तस्यान्ते शिवपीठिका सद्योजातं प्रपद्यामीत्य् आवाह्य परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

ātmatrayaṃ tataścordhvaṃ tasyānte śivapīṭhikā sadyojātaṃ prapadyāmīty āvāhya parameśvaram

Translation

Ensuite, au‑dessus de la triade du Soi, on établira le siège de Śiva ; et à son terme, en invoquant le Seigneur suprême, on l’appellera par le mantra : «Je prends refuge en Sadyojāta», invitant ainsi Parameśvara (Śiva) à être présent.

Word by Word

• ātmatrayam: the triad of the self (threefold principle/levels of the embodied being)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter

• ca: and

• ūrdhvam: above/upon

• tasya: of that

• ante: at the end/at the upper termination

• śivapīṭhikā: the Śiva-seat/pedestal (pīṭha for worship)

• sadyojātam: Sadyojāta (the western face/aspect of Śiva, first of the five Brahma-mantras)

• prapadyāmi: I take refuge/I surrender

• iti: thus (quoting the mantra)

• āvāhya: having invoked/having invited (āvāhana)

• parameśvaram: the Supreme Lord, Śiva (Pati).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)