Shloka 94

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

Devanagari script

एवमालिख्य यो भक्त्या सर्वमण्डलमुत्तमम् यत्फलं लभते मर्त्यस् तद्वदामि समासतः

Transliteration

evamālikhya yo bhaktyā sarvamaṇḍalamuttamam yatphalaṃ labhate martyas tadvadāmi samāsataḥ

Translation

Je dirai maintenant, en bref, le fruit qu’obtient le mortel—l’âme liée—lorsqu’avec bhakti il dessine ce maṇḍala suprême, englobant tout, diagramme sacré pour l’adoration de Śiva ; par la grâce de Pati (le Seigneur Śiva), le paśu s’achemine vers la délivrance du pāśa (l’entrave).

Word by Word

• evam: thus/in this manner

• ālikhya: having drawn/inscribed

• yaḥ: whoever

• bhaktyā: with devotion

• sarva-maṇḍalam: the all(-inclusive) maṇḍala/sacred diagram

• uttamam: supreme/excellent

• yat-phalam: whatever fruit/result

• labhate: obtains/attains

• martyaḥ: a mortal human (embodied soul)

• tat: that

• vadāmi: I speak/I shall tell

• samāsataḥ: briefly/in summary

Speaker

Suta (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)