Shloka 191

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

Devanagari script

जपेदष्टोत्तरशतं सोममृत्युहरो भवेत् आदित्याभिमुखो भूत्वा जपेल्लक्षमनन्यधीः

Transliteration

japedaṣṭottaraśataṃ somamṛtyuharo bhavet ādityābhimukho bhūtvā japellakṣamananyadhīḥ

Translation

Qu’il le récite cent huit fois : il devient alors celui qui écarte la mort liée à Soma. Tourné vers le Soleil, l’esprit sans distraction, qu’il accomplisse un lakh (cent mille) répétitions—ainsi le sādhaka devient digne de la grâce de Śiva, qui desserre le pāśa (lien) du paśu (l’âme incarnée).

Word by Word

• japet: let (him) recite

• aṣṭottara-śatam: one hundred and eight (times)

• soma: Soma (Moon / Soma-deity)

• mṛtyu-haraḥ: remover of death

• bhavet: becomes

• āditya-abhimukhaḥ: facing Āditya (the Sun)

• bhūtvā: having become/being

• japet: should recite

• lakṣam: one lakh (100,000)

• ananya-dhīḥ: with single-pointed, undivided attention

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-related japa-vidhi within the Linga Purana discourse)