Shloka 162

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

आसनस्थो जपेत्सम्यक् मन्त्रार्थगतमानसः कौशेयं व्याघ्रचर्मं वा चैलं तौलमथापि वा

Transliteration

āsanastho japetsamyak mantrārthagatamānasaḥ kauśeyaṃ vyāghracarmaṃ vā cailaṃ taulamathāpi vā

Translation

Dengan duduk teguh di atas tempat duduk yang sesuai, hendaklah seseorang melakukan japa dengan benar, dengan minda tenggelam dalam makna mantra. Alas duduk itu boleh daripada sutera, atau kulit harimau, atau kain, atau juga hamparan bulu biri-biri.

Word by Word

• आसनस्थः: seated on a seat/āsana

• जपेत्: should repeat (the mantra) as japa

• सम्यक्: properly, in the right manner

• मन्त्रार्थ-गत-मानसः: whose mind has entered/settled into the meaning of the mantra

• कौशेयम्: silk (seat/cloth)

• व्याघ्रचर्म: tiger-skin

• वा: or

• चैलम्: cloth garment/cloth seat

• तौलम्: woollen cloth/spread

• अथापि: and also/even

• वा: or

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja and japa-vidhi teachings within the Linga Purana discourse)