Shloka 12

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

अङ्गुष्ठमात्रं सुशुभं सुवृत्तं सर्वसंमतम् समनाभं तथाष्टास्रं षोडशास्रम् अथापि वा

Transliteration

aṅguṣṭhamātraṃ suśubhaṃ suvṛttaṃ sarvasaṃmatam samanābhaṃ tathāṣṭāsraṃ ṣoḍaśāsram athāpi vā

Translation

シヴァ・リンガは親指ほどの大きさに作ってよい。美しく、よく円く整い、万人に認められるものとする。中央には臍のような印を備え、均整が取れていなければならない。八稜としてもよく、また十六稜として作ってもよい。

Word by Word

• अङ्गुष्ठमात्रम्: of thumb-measure

• सुशुभम्: very auspicious/beautiful

• सुवृत्तम्: perfectly round/well-formed

• सर्वसंमतम्: accepted by all (authorities/traditions)

• समनाभम्: having a central navel-like center/proportionate about the nave

• तथा: and also

• अष्टास्रम्: eight-cornered/eight-faceted

• षोडशास्रम्: sixteen-cornered/sixteen-faceted

• अथापि वा: or else/even alternatively

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja and linga-construction injunctions to the sages of Naimisharanya)