Shloka 11

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

गत्वा शिवपुरं रम्यं भुक्त्वा भोगान् यथेप्सितान् ज्ञानयोगं समासाद्य गाणपत्यं लभेन्नरः

Transliteration

gatvā śivapuraṃ ramyaṃ bhuktvā bhogān yathepsitān jñānayogaṃ samāsādya gāṇapatyaṃ labhennaraḥ

Translation

रमणीय शिवपुर को प्राप्त करके और इच्छानुसार भोगों का उपभोग करके, मनुष्य ज्ञान-योग को प्राप्त कर शिव के गणों में सम्मिलित होने का पद (गाणपत्य) पाता है।

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone

• शिवपुरम्: to Śiva’s city/abode

• रम्यम्: delightful, beautiful

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed/partaken

• भोगान्: enjoyments, pleasures

• यथेप्सितान्: as desired, according to one’s wish

• ज्ञानयोगम्: the yoga of (liberating) knowledge

• समासाद्य: having reached/attained

• गाणपत्यं: gaṇa-lordship/gaṇa-status (belonging to Śiva’s attendants)

• लभेत्: obtains

• नरः: a man, embodied being (pāśu).

Speaker

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