Shloka 23

उपलेपनादिकथनम्

Vastraputa-jala, Ahimsa, and Conduct in Shiva Worship

Devanagari script

प्रसंगाद्वापि यो मर्त्यः सतां सकृदहो द्विजाः रुद्रलोकमवाप्नोति समभ्यर्च्य महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

prasaṃgādvāpi yo martyaḥ satāṃ sakṛdaho dvijāḥ rudralokamavāpnoti samabhyarcya maheśvaram

Translation

Wahai para dwija! Seorang manusia fana yang, karena kebetulan, memuja Mahēśvara sekali saja dalam pergaulan orang-orang saleh, akan mencapai Rudraloka.

Word by Word

• प्रसंगात्: by chance/incidentally

• वा अपि: even

• यः: who

• मर्त्यः: a mortal

• सताम्: of the good/saints

• सकृत्: once

• अहो: indeed!/surely

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brahmins)

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s realm

• अवाप्नोति: attains

• समभ्यर्च्य: having duly worshipped

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Shiva, the Supreme Lord)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)