Shloka 20

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

Devanagari script

विग्रहं देवदेवस्य तथाण्डावरणाष्टकम् सप्तद्वीपेषु सर्वेषु पर्वतेषु वनेषु च

Transliteration

vigrahaṃ devadevasya tathāṇḍāvaraṇāṣṭakam saptadvīpeṣu sarveṣu parvateṣu vaneṣu ca

Translation

La forme sacrée du Dieu des dieux (Devadeva), et de même les huit enceintes enveloppantes de l’œuf cosmique (aṇḍāvaraṇa), doivent être contemplées et vénérées à travers les sept continents—sur les montagnes et dans les forêts aussi.

Word by Word

• विग्रहम्: embodied form/iconic manifestation

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods (Śiva)

• तथा: and also/likewise

• अण्डावरणाष्टकम्: the eight enclosures (coverings) of the cosmic egg (aṇḍa)

• सप्तद्वीपेषु: in the seven continents

• सर्वेषु: in all

• पर्वतेषु: on mountains

• वनेषु: in forests

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)