Shloka 90

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

अघोरहृदयं हृद्यं वामगुह्यं सदाशिवम् सद्यः पादं महादेवं महाभोगीन्द्रभूषणम्

Transliteration

aghorahṛdayaṃ hṛdyaṃ vāmaguhyaṃ sadāśivam sadyaḥ pādaṃ mahādevaṃ mahābhogīndrabhūṣaṇam

Translation

ਅਘੋਰ ਉਸਦਾ ਹਿਰਦਾ ਹੈ—ਸਦਾ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਿਯ। ਵਾਮ ਉਸਦਾ ਗੁਪਤ ਭੇਦ ਹੈ—ਆਪ ਸਦਾਸ਼ਿਵ। ਅਤੇ ਸਦ੍ਯੋਜਾਤ ਉਸਦੇ ਚਰਨ ਹਨ—ਮਹਾਦੇਵ, ਜੋ ਮਹਾਨ ਨਾਗੇੰਦਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੂਸ਼ਣ ਵਾਂਗ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• अघोर-हृदयम्: the heart-aspect called Aghora

• हृद्यम्: pleasing, dear, auspicious to the heart

• वाम-गुह्यम्: Vāma as the secret/hidden inner principle

• सदाशिवम्: Sadāśiva, the ever-auspicious Lord (Pati)

• सद्यः-पादम्: the feet-aspect called Sadyojāta

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva, the Great God

• महा-भोगि-इन्द्र-भूषणम्: adorned with mighty serpent-kings (Nāga-lords) as ornaments

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya, describing Shiva’s mantra-body/tattva)