Shloka 33

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

ओमित्येकाक्षरं मन्त्रं स्थितः सर्वगतः शिवः मन्त्रे षडक्षरे सूक्ष्मे पञ्चाक्षरतनुः शिवः

Transliteration

omityekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ sthitaḥ sarvagataḥ śivaḥ mantre ṣaḍakṣare sūkṣme pañcākṣaratanuḥ śivaḥ

Translation

ഏകാക്ഷര മന്ത്രമായ ‘ഓം’യിൽ സർവ്വഗതനായ ശിവൻ സ്ഥാപിതനാണ്. സൂക്ഷ്മമായ ഷഡക്ഷര മന്ത്രത്തിൽ ശിവൻ പഞ്ചാക്ഷരീ-തനുവായി വിരാജിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• om iti: as “Om”

• ekākṣaram: one-syllabled

• mantram: mantra/sacred formula

• sthitaḥ: established/abiding

• sarva-gataḥ: all-pervading

• śivaḥ: Shiva (Pati, the Lord)

• mantre: in the mantra

• ṣaḍ-akṣare: six-syllabled

• sūkṣme: subtle/inner

• pañca-akṣara-tanuḥ: having the body/form of the five syllables (Namaḥ Śivāya)

• śivaḥ: Shiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)