Shloka 70

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

आलिख्य कमलं भद्रं दशहस्तप्रमाणतः सकर्णिकं महाभागा महादेवसमीपतः

Transliteration

ālikhya kamalaṃ bhadraṃ daśahastapramāṇataḥ sakarṇikaṃ mahābhāgā mahādevasamīpataḥ

Translation

Ô bienheureux, dessine un lotus de bon augure, d’une étendue de dix paumes, pourvu de son cœur, et place-le près de Mahādeva, dans l’ordonnance sacrée du culte.

Word by Word

• आलिख्य: having drawn/inscribed

• कमलम्: lotus

• भद्रम्: auspicious, propitious

• दशहस्तप्रमाणतः: to the measure of ten hands (cubits/hand-spans)

• सकर्णिकम्: with the pericarp/central whorl

• महाभागा: O greatly fortunate lady/person

• महादेवसमीपतः: in the proximity of Mahādeva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure within the Linga Purana discourse)