Shloka 6
Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages
Devanagari script
ये हि मां भस्मनिरता भस्मना दग्धकिल्बिषाः यथोक्तकारिणो दान्ता विप्रा ध्यानपरायणाः
Transliteration
ye hi māṃ bhasmaniratā bhasmanā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ yathoktakāriṇo dāntā viprā dhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
Translation
जो विप्र भस्म-धारण में मुझमें निरत हैं, जिनके पाप उस भस्म से दग्ध हो गए हैं, जो विधिवत् आचरण करने वाले, दान्त और ध्यान-परायण हैं—वे मेरे ही (पशुपति) स्वरूप से युक्त हैं।
Word by Word
ये (ye)those who
ये (ye):
हि (hi)indeed
हि (hi):
मां (mām)Me (Lord Shiva)
मां (mām):
भस्म-निरताः (bhasma-niratāḥ)devoted to/engaged in sacred ash (bhasma) observance
भस्म-निरताः (bhasma-niratāḥ):
भस्मना (bhasmanā)by/with sacred ash
भस्मना (bhasmanā):
दग्ध-किल्बिषाः (dagdha-kilbiṣāḥ)whose sins/impurities are burned
दग्ध-किल्बिषाः (dagdha-kilbiṣāḥ):
यथोक्त-कारिणः (yathokta-kāriṇaḥ)doers of what is prescribed (according to injunction)
यथोक्त-कारिणः (yathokta-kāriṇaḥ):
दान्ताः (dāntāḥ)self-controlled, disciplined
दान्ताः (dāntāḥ):
विप्राः (viprāḥ)Brahmanas, inspired seers
विप्राः (viprāḥ):
ध्यान-परायणाः (dhyāna-parāyaṇāḥ)devoted to meditation, having meditation as the supreme aim
ध्यान-परायणाः (dhyāna-parāyaṇāḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-oriented teaching within the Linga Purana’s discourse)