Shloka 5

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship

Devanagari script

अनन्ताद्या महानागाः प्रवालकमयं शुभम् दैत्या ह्ययोमयं लिङ्गं राक्षसाश् च महात्मनः

Transliteration

anantādyā mahānāgāḥ pravālakamayaṃ śubham daityā hyayomayaṃ liṅgaṃ rākṣasāś ca mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Para Nāga agung bermula dengan Ananta mempersembahkan Liṅga yang bertuah daripada karang; para Daitya mempersembahkan Liṅga daripada besi; dan para Rākṣasa juga, wahai yang berhati luhur—masing-masing menurut tabiatnya—memuliakan Pati Yang Tertinggi melalui Liṅga.

Word by Word

• अनन्ताद्याः: beginning with Ananta

• महानागाः: great Nāgas/serpent-lords

• प्रवालकमयम्: made of coral

• शुभम्: auspicious

• दैत्याः: Daityas (a class of Asuras)

• हि: indeed

• अयोमयम्: made of iron

• लिङ्गम्: Liṅga (symbol/form of Śiva as Pati)

• राक्षसाः: Rākṣasas

• च: and

• महात्मनः: O great-souled one (vocative संबोधन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)