Shloka 10

Pāśupata-vrata Māhātmya: Dvādaśa-Liṅga Mahāvrata, Month-wise Dravya, and Pūjā-krama

Devanagari script

कृत्वा हैमं शुभं पद्मं कर्णिकाकेसरान्वितम् नवरत्नैश् च खचितम् अष्टपत्रं यथाविधि

Transliteration

kṛtvā haimaṃ śubhaṃ padmaṃ karṇikākesarānvitam navaratnaiś ca khacitam aṣṭapatraṃ yathāvidhi

Translation

विधि के अनुसार कर्णिका और केसर सहित शुभ स्वर्ण-पद्म बनाकर, उसे नवरत्नों से जड़ित करे और अष्टदलयुक्त बनावे।

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having made

• हैमम्: of gold

• शुभम्: auspicious, pure

• पद्मम्: lotus

• कर्णिका: pericarp/central seed-cup of the lotus

• केसर-अन्वितम्: endowed with filaments/stamens

• नवरत्नैः: with the nine gems

• च: and

• खचितम्: inlaid, set (with gems)

• अष्ट-पत्रम्: eight-petalled

• यथा-विधि: according to rule, as enjoined in ritual

Speaker

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