Shloka 187

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

Devanagari script

स्नाने च संध्ययोश्चैव कुर्यादेकादशेन वै शुचिः पर्वतमारुह्य जपेल्लक्षमतन्द्रितः

Transliteration

snāne ca saṃdhyayoścaiva kuryādekādaśena vai śuciḥ parvatamāruhya japellakṣamatandritaḥ

Translation

En demeurant pur, on accomplira le rite avec la formule en onze parties au moment du bain et aux deux Sandhyā. Puis, gravissant une montagne, on répétera sans lassitude le mantra cent mille fois—par un japa discipliné, orientant le paśu (l’âme liée) vers Śiva, le Seigneur (Pati).

Word by Word

• स्नाने: at bathing

• च: and

• संध्ययोः: at the two Sandhyās (dawn and dusk)

• चैव: and indeed

• कुर्यात्: one should do/perform

• एकादशेन: with the elevenfold (eleven-syllabled/eleven-part) formula

• वै: indeed

• शुचिः: being pure

• पर्वतम्: a mountain

• आरुह्य: having ascended

• जपेत्: should repeat (a mantra)

• लक्षम्: one hundred thousand

• अतन्द्रितः: without laziness, untiringly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya; internal instruction style inferred)