Shloka 74

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

मयानीतमिदं लिङ्गं कस्मात् स्थापितवान् असि तमुवाच पुनर् विष्णुर् ब्रह्माणं कुपिताननम्

Transliteration

mayānītamidaṃ liṅgaṃ kasmāt sthāpitavān asi tamuvāca punar viṣṇur brahmāṇaṃ kupitānanam

Translation

「このリンガは我が運び来たもの—なぜ汝がこれを安置したのか。」ヴィシュヌは、怒りに顔を赤くしたブラフマーに、再びこう告げた。

Word by Word

• mayā: by me

• ānītam: brought/borne here

• idam: this

• liṅgam: Liṅga (mark/symbol of Pati, Śiva)

• kasmāt: for what reason/why

• sthāpitavān asi: you have स्थापित/installed

• tam: to him

• uvāca: said/spoke

• punaḥ: again

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu

• brahmāṇam: to Brahmā

• kupita-ānanam: having an angry face/angry-visaged

Speaker

Suta (narrating); internal dialogue: Vishnu addressing Brahma