Shloka 35
Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi
Devanagari script
स्वायंभुवे तदर्धं स्यात् स्याद् आर्षे च तदर्धकम् मानुषे च तदर्धं स्यात् क्षेत्रमानं द्विजोत्तमाः
Transliteration
svāyaṃbhuve tadardhaṃ syāt syād ārṣe ca tadardhakam mānuṣe ca tadardhaṃ syāt kṣetramānaṃ dvijottamāḥ
Translation
സ്വായംഭുവ അളവിൽ അതിന്റെ പകുതി; ആർഷ അളവിൽ അതിന്റെയും പകുതി; മാനുഷ അളവിൽ അതിന്റെയും പകുതി—ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ! ഇതാണ് പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രമാനത്തിന്റെ മാനദണ്ഡം.
Word by Word
svāyaṃbhuvein the Svāyambhuva (primeval) system
svāyaṃbhuve:
tad-ardhamhalf of that
tad-ardham:
syātshould be/is prescribed
syāt:
ārṣein the Ārṣa (ṛṣi/vedic seer) system
ārṣe:
caand
ca:
tad-ardhakamhalf of that (again)
tad-ardhakam:
mānuṣein the Mānuṣa (human) system
mānuṣe:
caand
ca:
kṣetra-mānammeasure/extent of a kṣetra (sacred field/temple land)
kṣetra-mānam:
dvija-uttamāḥO best among the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
dvija-uttamāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s dharma and ritual standards to the sages of Naimisharanya)