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Shloka 113

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

तत्पूर्वाभिमुखं वश्यं दक्षिणं चाभिचारिकम् पश्चिमं धनदं विद्याद् उत्तरं शान्तिकं भवेत्

tatpūrvābhimukhaṃ vaśyaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ cābhicārikam paścimaṃ dhanadaṃ vidyād uttaraṃ śāntikaṃ bhavet

पूर्वमुख होकर करने से वश्य सिद्ध होता है; दक्षिणमुख से अभिचार कर्म; पश्चिममुख से धन-प्राप्ति; और उत्तरमुख से शान्तिक—अर्थात् शान्ति-प्रद विधि—फलित होती है।

tat-pūrvābhimukhamfacing toward the east
tat-pūrvābhimukham:
vaśyamsubjugating/attraction-producing rite
vaśyam:
dakṣiṇam(facing) the south
dakṣiṇam:
caand
ca:
abhichārikambelonging to abhichāra (fierce/coercive ritual)
abhichārikam:
paścimam(facing) the west
paścimam:
dhanadamwealth-giving
dhanadam:
vidyātone should know/understand
vidyāt:
uttaram(facing) the north
uttaram:
śāntikampacificatory/appeasing rite
śāntikam:
bhavetbecomes/is.
bhavet:

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