Shloka 36

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

नानाविधानि दानानि प्रेतराजपुरं तथा कल्पं पञ्चाक्षरस्याथ रुद्रमाहात्म्यमेव च

Transliteration

nānāvidhāni dānāni pretarājapuraṃ tathā kalpaṃ pañcākṣarasyātha rudramāhātmyameva ca

Translation

さまざまな布施（dāna）を説き、また亡者の主ヤマ（Yama）の都をも描写する。さらに、五字真言（pañcākṣara）「ナマハ・シヴァーヤ（Namaḥ Śivāya）」の作法を教え、ルドラ（Rudra）—パティ（Pati）、縛られた魂パシュ（paśu）を束縛パーシャ（pāśa）から解き放つ主—の至上の大いなる功徳を宣揚する。

Word by Word

• nānā-vidhāni: of many kinds

• dānāni: gifts/charities

• pretarāja-puram: the city/realm of the Lord of the departed (Yama)

• tathā: and also

• kalpam: ritual procedure/ordinance

• pañca-akṣarasya: of the five-syllabled (mantra)

• atha: then/further

• rudra-māhātmyam: the greatness/glory of Rudra

• eva: indeed

• ca: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami