Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

अल्पाक्षरं महार्थं च वेदसारं विमुक्तिदम् आज्ञासिद्धमसंदिग्धं वाक्यमेतच्छिवात्मकम्

Transliteration

alpākṣaraṃ mahārthaṃ ca vedasāraṃ vimuktidam ājñāsiddhamasaṃdigdhaṃ vākyametacchivātmakam

Translation

यह वचन अल्पाक्षर होकर भी महार्थ है, वेद का सार और मुक्ति देने वाला है। दिव्य आज्ञा से सिद्ध, संदेहरहित—यह वाक्य शिवस्वरूप है।

Word by Word

• अल्पाक्षरम्: of few syllables

• महार्थम्: of great meaning

• च: and

• वेदसारम्: the essence of the Vedas

• विमुक्तिदम्: bestowing liberation (moksha)

• आज्ञासिद्धम्: established/validated by authoritative command (āgamic and divine ordinance)

• असंदिग्धम्: free from doubt, unambiguous

• वाक्यम्: statement/utterance

• एतत्: this

• शिवात्मकम्: having Śiva as its very nature, identical with Śiva-tattva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya, summarizing the authority of Shiva-centered mantra/teaching)