Shloka 1

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे ऽणिमाद्यष्टसिद्धित्रिगुणसंसारप्राग्नौ होमादिवर्णनं नामाष्टाशीतितमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि शौचाचारस्य लक्षणम् यदनुष्ठाय शुद्धात्मा परेत्य गतिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge 'ṇimādyaṣṭasiddhitriguṇasaṃsāraprāgnau homādivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śaucācārasya lakṣaṇam yadanuṣṭhāya śuddhātmā paretya gatimāpnuyāt

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, dans le Pūrva-bhāga, s’ouvre le quatre-vingt-neuvième chapitre, intitulé : « Description des offrandes telles que le homa dans le feu qui précède le saṃsāra des trois guṇa, avec les huit siddhi commençant par aṇimā ». Sūta dit : « Désormais, j’exposerai les marques du śaucācāra, la discipline de la purification ; en la pratiquant, le Soi devient pur et, après la mort, obtient la gati véritable, s’orientant vers la délivrance sous le Seigneur, le Pati (Śiva). »

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the venerable Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrva-bhāga)

• aṇimā-ādya-aṣṭa-siddhi: the eight yogic attainments beginning with aṇimā

• triguṇa-saṃsāra: transmigratory existence governed by the three guṇas

• prāk-agnau: in the prior/preceding fire (the preparatory rite-fire)

• homa-ādi-varṇanam: description of homa and related rites

• nāma: named/called

• aṣṭāśītitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the eighty-ninth chapter

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• ata ūrdhvam: henceforth/now onward

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall declare

• śauca-ācārasya: of the conduct of purity

• lakṣaṇam: characteristics/definition

• yat: which

• anuṣṭhāya: having practised/undertaken

• śuddha-ātmā: one whose inner self is purified

• paretya: after departing (after death)

• gatim: the destined path/state (higher spiritual attainment)

• āpnuyāt: may attain.

Speaker

Sūta