Shloka 44

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

कृत्वा भक्त्या प्रतिष्ठाप्य मुच्यते भवसागरात् ओंनमो नीलकण्ठाय इति पुण्याक्षराष्टकम्

Transliteration

kṛtvā bhaktyā pratiṣṭhāpya mucyate bhavasāgarāt oṃnamo nīlakaṇṭhāya iti puṇyākṣarāṣṭakam

Translation

ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ (ಲಿಂಗವನ್ನು) ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾಪಿಸಿದರೆ ಭವಸಾಗರದಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ। “ಓಂ ನಮೋ ನೀಲಕಂಠಾಯ” — ಇದು ಪುಣ್ಯ ಅಷ್ಟಾಕ್ಷರಿ ಮಂತ್ರ।

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done/performing

• भक्त्या: with devotion (bhakti)

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed/established (the Liṅga)

• मुच्यते: is liberated/is released

• भवसागरात्: from the ocean of saṃsāra (becoming)

• ओम्: Oṃ (praṇava)

• नमो: homage/salutation

• नीलकण्ठाय: to Nīlakaṇṭha (the Blue-throated Śiva)

• इति: thus/so

• पुण्य: meritorious/holy

• अक्षर: syllable/imperishable sound-unit

• अष्टकम्: set of eight/eightfold (here: eight syllables)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phalaśruti of Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and mantra-japa)