Shloka 40

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

Adhyaya 27

Devanagari script

यैर्लिङ्गं सकृदप्येवं स्नाप्य मुच्येत मानवः पवमानेन मन्त्रज्ञाः तथा वामीयकेन च

Transliteration

yairliṅgaṃ sakṛdapyevaṃ snāpya mucyeta mānavaḥ pavamānena mantrajñāḥ tathā vāmīyakena ca

Translation

マントラに通じた者たちは説く。かくのごとくリンガをただ一度沐浴させるだけでも、人は解脱する、と。パヴァマーナ（Pavamāna）のマントラを用い、また同様にヴァーミーヤカ（Vāmīyaka）のマントラをも用いるのである。

Word by Word

• यैः: by which (mantras/means)

• लिङ्गम्: the Liṅga (Śiva’s emblem)

• सकृत्: once

• अपि: even

• एवम्: thus/in this prescribed way

• स्नाप्य: having bathed (ritually anointed)

• मुच्येत: is released, becomes liberated

• मानवः: a human being (pāśu, bound soul)

• पवमानेन: with the Pavamāna (purifying) mantra

• मन्त्रज्ञाः: those who know mantras/ritual science

• तथा: and likewise

• वामीयकेन: with the Vāmīyaka mantra

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)