Shloka 1

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे पञ्चाक्षरमाहात्म्यं नाम पञ्चाशीतितमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः जपाच्छ्रेष्ठतमं प्राहुर् ब्राह्मणा दग्धकिल्बिषाः विरक्तानां प्रबुद्धानां ध्यानयज्ञं सुशोभनम्

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge pañcākṣaramāhātmyaṃ nāma pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ japācchreṣṭhatamaṃ prāhur brāhmaṇā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ viraktānāṃ prabuddhānāṃ dhyānayajñaṃ suśobhanam

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa (bahagian awal), bab ke‑86 yang bernama “Keagungan Mantra Lima Suku Kata.” Para resi berkata: “Para Brahmana yang dosanya telah terbakar habis menyatakan japa sebagai amalan yang paling utama. Bagi mereka yang tidak terikat dan telah sedar, yajña berupa meditasi (dhyāna‑yajña) bersinar sebagai pemujaan yang paling suci dan mujarab.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section

• pañcākṣara-māhātmyam: greatness of the five-syllable (mantra ‘namaḥ śivāya’)

• nāma: named

• ṣaḍaśītitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the eighty-sixth chapter

• ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ: the sages said

• japāt: than japa / from repetition

• śreṣṭhatamam: the most excellent

• prāhuḥ: they declare

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins / knowers of brahman

• dagdha-kilbiṣāḥ: with sins burnt (by tapas/jñāna)

• viraktānām: of the dispassionate

• prabuddhānām: of the awakened

• dhyāna-yajñam: the sacrifice in the form of meditation

• suśobhanam: very splendid / supremely auspicious

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣayaḥ) at Naimiṣāraṇya (within Sūta’s narration-frame)