Shloka 91

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

पापाचारो ऽपि यो मर्त्यः शृणुयाच्छिवसन्निधौ जपेद्वापि विनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

pāpācāro 'pi yo martyaḥ śṛṇuyācchivasannidhau japedvāpi vinirmukto brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

ಪಾಪಾಚಾರಿಯಾದ ಮನುಷ್ಯನಾದರೂ ಶಿವಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದರೆ ಅಥವಾ ಜಪ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ, ಬಂಧನದಿಂದ ವಿಮುಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಸೇರುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• पापाचारः: of sinful conduct

• अपि: even

• यः: who

• मर्त्यः: mortal human

• शृणुयात्: should hear/listen

• शिव-सन्निधौ: in Śiva’s presence/near Śiva

• जपेत्: should repeat (mantra) as japa

• वा अपि: or even

• विनिर्मुक्तः: completely released (from pāśa/bondage)

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahmaloka (the exalted world of Brahmā)

• सः: he

• गच्छति: goes/attains

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)