Shloka 42

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

त्रिपुण्ड्रधारिणस्तेषां शिरोमालाधरस्य च ब्रह्मणः केशकेनैकम् उपवीतं च बिभ्रतः

Transliteration

tripuṇḍradhāriṇasteṣāṃ śiromālādharasya ca brahmaṇaḥ keśakenaikam upavītaṃ ca bibhrataḥ

Translation

Dalam kalangan mereka ada yang memakai Tripuṇḍra; dan ada juga seorang Brahmin yang memakai kalungan di kepala serta memikul hanya satu upavīta, dibuat daripada segumpal rambut—tanda amalan Shaiva.

Word by Word

• त्रिपुण्ड्र-धारिणः: wearers of the Tripuṇḍra (three ash-lines)

• तेषाम्: among them/of those

• शिरो-माला-धरस्य: of one who wears a garland on the head

• च: and

• ब्रह्मणः: of a Brahmin

• केशकेन: with (made of) hair/a lock of hair

• एकम्: one/single

• उपवीतम्: sacred thread (upavīta)

• च: and

• बिभ्रतः: bearing/wearing

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)