Shloka 1
उपलेपनादिकथनम्
Vastraputa-jala, Ahimsa, and Conduct in Shiva Worship
Devanagari script
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे उपलेपनादिकथनं नाम सप्तसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच वस्त्रपूतेन तोयेन कार्यं चैवोपलेपनम् शिवक्षेत्रे मुनिश्रेष्ठा नान्यथा सिद्धिरिष्यते
Transliteration
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge upalepanādikathanaṃ nāma saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca vastrapūtena toyena kāryaṃ caivopalepanam śivakṣetre muniśreṣṭhā nānyathā siddhiriṣyate
Translation
इस प्रकार श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराण के पूर्वभाग में ‘उपलेपन आदि का कथन’ नामक अठहत्तरवाँ अध्याय। सूत बोले—हे मुनिश्रेष्ठो, शिवक्षेत्र में वस्त्र से छानकर शुद्ध किए हुए जल से ही उपलेपन (लेपन-कार्य) करना चाहिए; अन्यथा सिद्धि नहीं मानी जाती।
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇein the venerable Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe:
pūrva-bhāgein the earlier section
pūrva-bhāge:
upalepana-ādika-thananamthe narration/instruction of plastering and allied rites
upalepana-ādika-thananam:
nāmanamed
nāma:
saptasaptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥthe seventy-eighth chapter
saptasaptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ:
sūta uvācaSūta said
sūta uvāca:
vastra-pūtenapurified/strained by cloth
vastra-pūtena:
toyenawith water
toyena:
kāryamshould be done/ought to be performed
kāryam:
ca evaindeed/only
ca eva:
upalepanamplastering/anointing/ritual smearing (of the worship space)
upalepanam:
śiva-kṣetrein Śiva’s sacred field/holy place
śiva-kṣetre:
muni-śreṣṭhāḥO best among sages
muni-śreṣṭhāḥ:
na anyathānot otherwise
na anyathā:
siddhiḥaccomplishment/spiritual fruition
siddhiḥ:
iṣyateis accepted/considered valid.
iṣyate:
Speaker
Suta