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Shloka 5

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

बाल्यात्तु लोष्टेन च कृत्वा मृदापि वा पांसुभिर् आदिदेवम् /* गृहं च तादृग्विधमस्य शंभोः सम्पूज्य रुद्रत्वमवाप्नुवन्ति

bālyāttu loṣṭena ca kṛtvā mṛdāpi vā pāṃsubhir ādidevam /* gṛhaṃ ca tādṛgvidhamasya śaṃbhoḥ sampūjya rudratvamavāpnuvanti

ബാല്യകാലം മുതൽ മണ്ണിന്റെ കട്ടയാലോ, കിളിമണ്ണാലോ, പൊടിയാലോ ലിംഗം നിർമ്മിച്ച്, ശംഭുവിനായി അതുപോലെ ചെറിയ ഗൃഹം (ആലയം) പണിതു ആദിദേവനെ പൂർണ്ണ ഭക്തിയോടെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവർ—ലിംഗപൂജയാൽ പതി-പ്രഭുവിന്റെ സാന്നിധ്യം നേടി രുദ്രത്വം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

बाल्यात्तु (bālyāt tu)even from childhood
बाल्यात्तु (bālyāt tu):
लोष्टेन (loṣṭena)with a clod of earth
लोष्टेन (loṣṭena):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
कृत्वा (kṛtvā)having made/fashioned
कृत्वा (kṛtvā):
मृदा अपि वा (mṛdā api vā)or even with clay
मृदा अपि वा (mṛdā api vā):
पांसुभिः (pāṃsubhiḥ)with dust/particles of earth
पांसुभिः (pāṃsubhiḥ):
आदिदेवम् (ādidevam)the Primordial Lord
आदिदेवम् (ādidevam):
गृहं च (gṛhaṃ ca)and a shrine/house
गृहं च (gṛhaṃ ca):
तादृग्विधम् (tādṛg-vidham)of that same kind/similar
तादृग्विधम् (tādṛg-vidham):
अस्य शंभोः (asya śaṃbhoḥ)of this Śambhu
अस्य शंभोः (asya śaṃbhoḥ):
सम्पूज्य (sampūjya)having worshipped duly/fully
सम्पूज्य (sampūjya):
रुद्रत्वम् (rudratvam)Rudra-hood, Rudra-status
रुद्रत्वम् (rudratvam):
अवाप्नुवन्ति (avāpnuvanti)they attain/obtain
अवाप्नुवन्ति (avāpnuvanti):

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)