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Shloka 83

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

अत्यन्तनिर्मले सम्यक् सुप्रलिप्ते विचित्रिते दर्पणोदरसंकाशे कृष्णागरुसुधूपिते

atyantanirmale samyak supralipte vicitrite darpaṇodarasaṃkāśe kṛṣṇāgarusudhūpite

きわめて清浄に整えられ、よく塗り固められて美しく荘厳され、鏡の内側のように輝き、黒アガル(沈香)の妙なる薫香に満ちた場所において、リンガ(Liṅga)礼拝を設けるべきである。

अत्यन्त-निर्मलेexceedingly pure/spotless
अत्यन्त-निर्मले:
सम्यक्properly, in the right manner
सम्यक्:
सुप्रलिप्तेwell-smeared (with purified plaster/cow-dung/clay for sanctity)
सुप्रलिप्ते:
विचित्रितेornamented, decorated
विचित्रिते:
दर्पण-उदर-संकाशेresembling the interior (gleam) of a mirror, mirror-like
दर्पण-उदर-संकाशे:
कृष्ण-अगरुblack agaru (aloeswood)
कृष्ण-अगरु:
सु-धूपितेwell-fumigated/incensed, thoroughly perfumed with incense
सु-धूपिते:

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s Linga-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)