Shloka 2

आभ्यन्तरध्यान-तत्त्वगणना-चतुर्व्यूहयोगः

Adhyaya 28

Devanagari script

तस्योपरि महादेवं निष्कलं सकलाकृतिम् कान्तार्धरूढदेहं च पूजयेद्ध्यानविद्यया

Transliteration

tasyopari mahādevaṃ niṣkalaṃ sakalākṛtim kāntārdharūḍhadehaṃ ca pūjayeddhyānavidyayā

Translation

Di atas Lingga itu hendaknya ia memuja Mahadewa dengan ilmu dhyana—Śiva yang niskala (tanpa bagian) namun juga sakala (berwujud), bertubuh tegak sebagai setengah Sang Kekasih, persatuan Ardhanari Śiva–Śakti.

Word by Word

• tasya upari: above that (upon/over it)

• mahādevam: Mahādeva, the Great Lord (Pati)

• niṣkalam: without parts, attributeless, transcendent

• sakala-ākṛtim: having a manifest, formed appearance

• kāntā-ardha-rūḍha-deham: whose body is occupied/established as half by the beloved (Ardhanārī/Śiva-Śakti union)

• ca: and

• pūjayet: one should worship

• dhyāna-vidyayā: by the knowledge/discipline of meditation (dhyāna).

Speaker

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