Shloka 76

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

Devanagari script

ग्रहैश् च संवृतं वापि सूर्यसायुज्यमुत्तमम् एवं प्राकृतम् अप्यार्थ्यां षडस्रं परिकल्प्य च

Transliteration

grahaiś ca saṃvṛtaṃ vāpi sūryasāyujyamuttamam evaṃ prākṛtam apyārthyāṃ ṣaḍasraṃ parikalpya ca

Translation

Ou bien, en l’entourant des grahas (les neuf astres), on atteint l’union suprême (sāyujya) avec Sūrya. Ainsi, même pour un but mondain, après avoir d’abord recherché le fruit désiré, on doit aussi former la figure hexagonale (ṣaḍ-asra) selon la règle.

Word by Word

• ग्रहैः: by the planets (grahas)

• च: and

• संवृतम्: enclosed, surrounded

• वा अपि: or else, alternatively

• सूर्य-सायुज्यम्: union/identity with the Sun (Sūrya)

• उत्तमम्: highest, excellent

• एवम्: thus

• प्राकृतम्: worldly, pertaining to ordinary/material nature

• अपि: even

• आरथ्याम् (आर्थ्याम्): for the sake of an aim/desired object (artha)

• षड्-अस्रम्: six-cornered/hexagonal figure

• परिकल्प्य: having constructed/arranged

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating ritual-vidhi within the Linga Purana’s instruction)