Shloka 4

Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava

Adhyaya 104

Devanagari script

अविघ्नं यज्ञदानाद्यैः समभ्यर्च्य महेश्वरम् ब्रह्माणं च हरिं विप्रा लब्धेप्सितवरा यतः

Transliteration

avighnaṃ yajñadānādyaiḥ samabhyarcya maheśvaram brahmāṇaṃ ca hariṃ viprā labdhepsitavarā yataḥ

Translation

Wahai para brāhmaṇa, dengan memuja Maheśvara (Mahādeva)—bersama Brahmā dan Hari—melalui yajña, dana (sedekah) dan upacara seumpamanya dengan tertib, mereka menjadi bebas daripada halangan dan memperoleh anugerah yang dihajati.

Word by Word

• अविघ्नम्: without obstacles

• यज्ञ-दान-आद्यैः: by sacrifice, charity, and the like

• समभ्यर्च्य: having properly worshipped

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Lord Shiva, the Pati)

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā

• च: and

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas / O sages

• लब्ध-ईप्सित-वराः: having obtained the wished-for boons

• यतः: because / thereby

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, inferred)