Shloka 19

लिङ्गार्चनविधिक्रमः—शुद्धि, न्यास, आसनकल्पना, अभिषेक, स्तोत्र-प्रदक्षिणा

Adhyaya 27

Devanagari script

पार्श्वतो देवदेवस्य नन्दिनं मांसमर्चयेत् दीप्तानलायुतप्रख्यं त्रिनेत्रं त्रिदशेश्वरम्

Transliteration

pārśvato devadevasya nandinaṃ māṃsamarcayet dīptānalāyutaprakhyaṃ trinetraṃ tridaśeśvaram

Translation

諸天の神たるシヴァの傍らにて、肉の供物をもってナンディンを礼拝すべし。彼は万の燃えさかる火のごとく輝き、三つの眼を具え、神々の群の主である。

Word by Word

• pārśvataḥ: at the side

• deva-devasya: of the God of gods (Śiva)

• nandinam: Nandin (Śiva’s chief attendant)

• māṃsam: meat (offering)

• arcayet: should worship/offer

• dīpta: blazing

• anala: fire

• ayuta: ten-thousand

• prakhyam: resembling, radiant like

• tri-netram: three-eyed

• tri-daśa-īśvaram: lord of the thirty (gods), lord of the devas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja vidhi within the Linga Purana discourse)