Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

रत्नानाम् अप्यलाभे तु हेम्ना वा राजतेन वा रजतस्याप्यलाभे तु ताम्रलोहेन कारयेत्

Transliteration

ratnānām apyalābhe tu hemnā vā rājatena vā rajatasyāpyalābhe tu tāmralohena kārayet

Translation

यदि रत्न उपलब्ध न हों तो स्वर्ण या रजत से बनवाए। और यदि रजत भी न मिले तो ताम्र या लोहे से बनवाए—ताकि पति (शिव) के लिंग-पूजन में अभाव बाधा न बने।

Word by Word

• रत्नानाम्: of gemstones

• अपि: even/also

• अलाभे: in the non-availability

• तु: indeed/then

• हेम्ना: with gold

• वा: or

• राजतेन: with silver

• रजतस्य: of silver

• अपि: even

• अलाभे: in the non-availability

• तु: then

• ताम्र-लोहेन: with copper or iron

• कारयेत्: one should cause to be made / have made

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja vidhi as received in the Linga Purana tradition)