Shloka 14

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

इति तेन समादिष्टः पञ्चवक्त्रधरो ह्यहम् पञ्चाक्षरान्पञ्चमुखैः प्रोक्तवान् पद्मयोनये

Transliteration

iti tena samādiṣṭaḥ pañcavaktradharo hyaham pañcākṣarānpañcamukhaiḥ proktavān padmayonaye

Translation

Ainsi, sur son ordre, Moi—porteur de la forme aux cinq visages—prononçai, par mes cinq bouches, le mantra aux cinq syllabes (pañcākṣara) pour le Né du Lotus (Brahmā).

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• tena: by him (by that Lord)

• samādiṣṭaḥ: commanded/instructed

• pañca-vaktra-dharaḥ: one who bears five faces

• hi: indeed

• aham: I

• pañca-akṣarān: the five syllables (the Pañcākṣarī mantra ‘namaḥ śivāya’)

• pañca-mukhaiḥ: with the five mouths/faces

• proktavān: spoke/declared

• padma-yonaye: to the lotus-born (Brahmā)

Speaker

Shiva (within Suta’s narration)