Shloka 11

Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages

Devanagari script

यस् त्वेतान् पूजयेन् नित्यं स पूजयति शङ्करम् एवमेष महादेवो लोकानां हितकाम्यया

Transliteration

yas tvetān pūjayen nityaṃ sa pūjayati śaṅkaram evameṣa mahādevo lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

Translation

Namun sesiapa yang memuja mereka setiap hari, dialah yang benar-benar memuja Śaṅkara. Demikianlah Mahādeva, demi kesejahteraan segala alam, menzahirkan prinsip ini: melalui pemujaan yang benar, paśu (jiwa yang terikat) mencapai Pati (Tuhan).

Word by Word

• यः (yaḥ): whoever

• तु (tu): indeed/but

• एतान् (etān): these (objects/forms/means of worship spoken of)

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet): should worship

• नित्यम् (nityam): always/regularly

• सः (saḥ): he

• पूजयति (pūjayati): worships

• शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram): Śaṅkara, the beneficent Lord Śiva

• एवम् (evam): thus/in this manner

• एषः (eṣaḥ): this (teaching/way)

• महादेवः (mahādevaḥ): Mahādeva

• लोकानाम् (lokānām): of the worlds/people

• हितकाम्यया (hitakāmyayā): with the desire for their welfare

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purana-teaching to the sages; conveying Mahadeva’s intent)