Shloka 90

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

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत्तत्र पञ्चाशद्विधिपूर्वकम् अक्षमालोपवीतं च कुण्डलं च कमण्डलुम्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇān bhojayettatra pañcāśadvidhipūrvakam akṣamālopavītaṃ ca kuṇḍalaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum

Translation

वहाँ पचास विधियों/क्रमों के अनुसार ब्राह्मणों को भोजन कराए; और उन्हें जपमाला, यज्ञोपवीत, कुंडल तथा कमंडलु भी प्रदान करे।

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणान्: the brāhmaṇas

• भोजयेत्: should feed (honour with a meal)

• तत्र: there (in that rite/occasion)

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty

• विधि-पूर्वकम्: in accordance with the proper injunctions

• अक्षमाला: rosary (rudrākṣa-japa mālā)

• उपवीतम्: sacred thread

• च: and

• कुण्डलम्: earring(s)

• च: and

• कमण्डलुम्: water-pot (ascetic’s vessel)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja injunctions to the sages of Naimisharanya)