Shloka 83

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं सुभाष्टत्रिंशदक्षरम् मेधाकरम् अभूद्भूयः सर्वधर्मार्थसाधकम्

Transliteration

śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ subhāṣṭatriṃśadakṣaram medhākaram abhūdbhūyaḥ sarvadharmārthasādhakam

Translation

さらにそれは、清らかな水晶のごとく再び輝き出た。吉祥なる三十八音節の（真言／相）となり、光明の智慧を授け、あらゆるダルマとアルタを成就させる手段となった。

Word by Word

• śuddha: pure

• sphaṭika: crystal/quartz

• saṃkāśam: resembling, having the appearance of

• subha: auspicious

• aṣṭa-triṃśat: thirty-eight

• akṣaram: syllables/imperishable letters (mantric units)

• medhā-karam: producing intelligence/insight

• abhūt: became

• bhūyaḥ: again, once more

• sarva: all

• dharma: sacred duty, right order, virtue

• artha: welfare, prosperity, purposeful attainment

• sādhakam: accomplishing, effecting, a means of realization

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Linga-prādurbhāva account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)