Shloka 31

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

पार्थिवं च तथाप्यं च तैजसं च विचारतः वायव्यं च तथा व्यौम[ं] मानसं च यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

pārthivaṃ ca tathāpyaṃ ca taijasaṃ ca vicārataḥ vāyavyaṃ ca tathā vyauma[ṃ] mānasaṃ ca yathākramam

Translation

विवेकपूर्वक लिङ्ग को क्रमशः पार्थिव, आप्य, तैजस, वायव्य, व्यौम—और मानसमय भी समझना चाहिए।

Word by Word

• पार्थिवम्: made of earth (clay/stone)

• च: and

• तथा: likewise

• आप्यम्: made of water (fluid/ablutional form)

• च: and

• तैजसम्: made of fire (fiery/tejas-related)

• च: and

• विचारतः: by reflection, with discernment

• वायव्यम्: made of wind (vāyu-related)

• च: and

• तथा: likewise

• व्यौमम्: made of ether/space (ākāśa-related)

• मानसम्: mental, formed in the mind (mānasa)

• च: and

• यथाक्रमम्: in proper sequence, step-by-step

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga-Purana teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)