Shloka 53

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

विमला ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठा ज्ञानयोगपरायणाः एते पाशुपताः सिद्धा भस्मोद्धूलितविग्रहाः

Transliteration

vimalā brahmabhūyiṣṭhā jñānayogaparāyaṇāḥ ete pāśupatāḥ siddhā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ

Translation

അവർ നിർമലർ, ബ്രഹ്മഭാവത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതർ, ജ്ഞാനയോഗത്തിൽ പരായണർ. ഇവർ സിദ്ധ പാശുപതർ; അവരുടെ ദേഹം പവിത്ര ഭസ്മം കൊണ്ടു ധൂളിധൂസരിതമാണ്.

Word by Word

• विमलाः: stainless/pure

• ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठाः: abiding in Brahman/most established in Brahman-state

• ज्ञानयोगपरायणाः: wholly devoted to jñāna-yoga (knowledge as the path)

• एते: these

• पाशुपताः: followers of Paśupati (Shiva) / Pāśupata ascetics

• सिद्धाः: perfected/accomplished ones

• भस्मोद्धूलितविग्रहाः: having bodies smeared/dusted with bhasma (sacred ash)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)