Shloka 24
Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi
Condensed Ritual Sequence
Devanagari script
पूजयेद्यः शिवं रुद्रं शर्वं भवमजं सकृत् स याति शिवसायुज्यं पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितम्
Transliteration
pūjayedyaḥ śivaṃ rudraṃ śarvaṃ bhavamajaṃ sakṛt sa yāti śivasāyujyaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam
Translation
Quiconque, ne fût-ce qu’une seule fois, adore Śiva—Rudra, Śarva, Bhava, l’Inengendré—atteint l’union avec Śiva (śiva-sāyujya) et se trouve délivré du retour, le renouveau des naissances étant éteint.
Word by Word
pūjayetshould worship/adores
pūjayet:
yaḥwhoever
yaḥ:
śivamŚiva (the auspicious Lord, Pati)
śivam:
rudramRudra (the remover of sorrow)
rudram:
śarvamŚarva (the all-destroyer of pāśa/bonds)
śarvam:
bhavamBhava (the Lord as source of becoming and its transcendence)
bhavam:
ajamthe Unborn (uncaused)
ajam:
sakṛteven once
sakṛt:
saḥhe
saḥ:
yātiattains/goes to
yāti:
śiva-sāyujyamunion/identity-in-proximity with Śiva (liberating communion with Pati)
śiva-sāyujyam:
punar-āvṛtti-varjitamdevoid of return (no further saṃsāric recurrence)
punar-āvṛtti-varjitam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, conveying the phala-śruti of Śiva-worship)