Shloka 44

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

कृत्वा भक्त्या प्रतिष्ठाप्य मुच्यते भवसागरात् ओंनमो नीलकण्ठाय इति पुण्याक्षराष्टकम्

Transliteration

kṛtvā bhaktyā pratiṣṭhāpya mucyate bhavasāgarāt oṃnamo nīlakaṇṭhāya iti puṇyākṣarāṣṭakam

Translation

Ayant établi (le Liṅga) avec dévotion, on est délivré de l’océan du devenir. « Oṃ, hommage à Nīlakaṇṭha » : telle est la formule sacrée de huit syllabes.

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done/performing

• भक्त्या: with devotion (bhakti)

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed/established (the Liṅga)

• मुच्यते: is liberated/is released

• भवसागरात्: from the ocean of saṃsāra (becoming)

• ओम्: Oṃ (praṇava)

• नमो: homage/salutation

• नीलकण्ठाय: to Nīlakaṇṭha (the Blue-throated Śiva)

• इति: thus/so

• पुण्य: meritorious/holy

• अक्षर: syllable/imperishable sound-unit

• अष्टकम्: set of eight/eightfold (here: eight syllables)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phalaśruti of Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and mantra-japa)