Shloka 9

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship

Devanagari script

वामाद्याः पुष्पलिङ्गं तु गन्धलिङ्गं मनोन्मनी सरस्वती च रत्नेन कृतं रुद्रस्य वाग्भवा

Transliteration

vāmādyāḥ puṣpaliṅgaṃ tu gandhaliṅgaṃ manonmanī sarasvatī ca ratnena kṛtaṃ rudrasya vāgbhavā

Translation

वामा आदि शक्तींनी पुष्पलिंग अर्पण केले; मनोन्मनीने गंधलिंग समर्पिले. रुद्राची वाग्भवा सरस्वतीने रत्ननिर्मित लिंग घडवून पूजेस अर्पण केले.

Word by Word

• वामा-आद्याः: Vāmā and the rest (of the Śaktis)

• पुष्प-लिङ्गम्: a flower-made Liṅga

• तु: indeed/and

• गन्ध-लिङ्गम्: a fragrance/incense-made Liṅga

• मनोन्मनी: Manonmanī (a Śakti)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī (goddess of speech/learning)

• च: and

• रत्नेन: with jewels, by means of gems

• कृतम्: made, fashioned

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra (Śiva)

• वाग्-भवा: born of speech / the speech-power (Vāk-śakti) (epithet indicating Sarasvatī as Rudra’s vāgbhava-śakti)

Speaker

Suta Goswami