Shloka 81

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

Devanagari script

न्यस्ते मन्त्रे ऽथ सुभगे शङ्करप्रतिमो भवेत् जन्मान्तरकृतं पापम् अपि नश्यति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

nyaste mantre 'tha subhage śaṅkarapratimo bhavet janmāntarakṛtaṃ pāpam api naśyati tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

ഹേ സുഭഗേ! മന്ത്രം വിധിപൂർവ്വം ന്യാസിച്ചാൽ साधകൻ ശങ്കരന്റെ പ്രതിമപോലെ ആകുന്നു; ജന്മാന്തരങ്ങളിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപവും അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• न्यस्ते: when placed/installed (by nyāsa)

• मन्त्रे: in/with the mantra

• अथ: then

• सुभगे: O auspicious one (address to the Goddess/Devi)

• शङ्कर-प्रतिमः: like an image/embodiment of Śaṅkara

• भवेत्: becomes

• जन्मान्तर-कृतम्: done in another birth

• पापम्: sin/de-merit

• अपि: even

• नश्यति: is destroyed

• तत्-क्षणात्: at that very moment/instantly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva ritual teaching within the Purva-Bhaga context)