Shloka 31

Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

कार्तिके मासि यो दद्याद् घृतदीपं शिवाग्रतः सम्पूज्यमानं वा पश्येद् विधिना परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

kārtike māsi yo dadyād ghṛtadīpaṃ śivāgrataḥ sampūjyamānaṃ vā paśyed vidhinā parameśvaram

Translation

Quiconque, au mois de Kārttika, offre une lampe de ghee (ghṛta) devant Śiva—ou bien, selon le rite, contemple Parameśvara dûment honoré—obtient le fruit de bon augure né de cet acte sacré de Śiva-bhakti.

Word by Word

• कार्तिके मासि: in the month of Kārttika

• यः: whoever

• दद्यात्: should give/offer

• घृतदीपम्: a lamp with ghee

• शिवाग्रतः: in front of Śiva (before the Śiva-liṅga)

• सम्पूज्यमानम्: being fully worshipped

• वा: or

• पश्येत्: should see/behold

• विधिना: according to prescribed rule/ritual method

• परमेश्वरम्: Parameśvara, the Supreme Lord (Śiva as Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the merit of Karttika observances to the sages of Naimisharanya)