Shloka 82

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

Devanagari script

गोचर्ममात्रमालिख्य मण्डलं गोमयेन तु चतुरश्रं विधानेन चाद्भिर् अभ्युक्ष्य मन्त्रवित्

Transliteration

gocarmamātramālikhya maṇḍalaṃ gomayena tu caturaśraṃ vidhānena cādbhir abhyukṣya mantravit

Translation

Le connaisseur des mantras doit tracer un maṇḍala de la mesure d’une peau de vache ; le façonner en carré selon la règle prescrite avec de la bouse de vache purifiée, puis l’asperger d’eau selon le rite pour sa consécration.

Word by Word

• गोचर्ममात्रम्: to the measure of a cowhide

• आलिख्य: having drawn/outlined

• मण्डलम्: ritual circle/diagram (maṇḍala)

• गोमयेन: with cow-dung (purifying substance)

• तु: indeed/then

• चतुरश्रम्: four-sided, square

• विधानेन: according to rule/ritual injunction

• च: and

• अद्भिः: with water

• अभ्युक्ष्य: having sprinkled/sprinkling (for purification)

• मन्त्रवित्: a knower of mantras, ritual adept

Speaker

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