Shloka 80

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

Devanagari script

एवं न्यासमिमं प्रोक्तं सर्वपापहरं शुभम् सर्वसिद्धिकरं पुण्यं सर्वरक्षाकरं शिवम्

Transliteration

evaṃ nyāsamimaṃ proktaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham sarvasiddhikaraṃ puṇyaṃ sarvarakṣākaraṃ śivam

Translation

Demikianlah nyāsa ini telah diajarkan: suci dan membawa keberkatan, menghapus segala dosa, menganugerahkan segala siddhi, serta memberi perlindungan yang sempurna—kerana ia sendiri bersifat Śiva, Pati yang membebaskan paśu daripada belenggu pāśa.

Word by Word

• evam: thus

• nyāsam: nyāsa (ritual placement/installation of mantra on the body)

• imam: this

• proktam: declared/taught

• sarva: all

• pāpa-haram: sin-destroying

• śubham: auspicious

• sarva-siddhi-karam: bestower of all siddhis/attainments

• puṇyam: meritorious/holy

• sarva-rakṣā-karam: maker of all protection

• śivam: Śiva / of Śiva-nature / beneficent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s ritual teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)