Shloka 20

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

कृत्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति तत्फलं प्रवदाम्यहम् महेन्द्रपर्वताकारैर् विमानैर्वृषसंयुतैः

Transliteration

kṛtvā yatphalamāpnoti tatphalaṃ pravadāmyaham mahendraparvatākārair vimānairvṛṣasaṃyutaiḥ

Translation

“ਇਸ ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਵਿਧੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਜੋ ਫਲ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਮੈਂ ਦੱਸਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਮਹੇਂਦ੍ਰ ਪਹਾੜ ਵਰਗੇ ਉੱਚੇ, ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਵਿਮਾਨ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ।”

Word by Word

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā): having done/after performing

• यत्-फलम् (yat-phalam): whatever fruit/result

• आप्नोति (āpnoti): attains

• तत्-फलम् (tat-phalam): that very fruit

• प्रवदामि (pravadāmi): I declare/explain

• अहम् (aham): I

• महेन्द्र-पर्वत-आकारैः (mahendra-parvata-ākāraiḥ): having the form/size like Mount Mahendra

• विमानैः (vimānaiḥ): by celestial chariots/air-cars

• वृष-संयुतैः (vṛṣa-saṁyutaiḥ): yoked with bulls/bull-drawn.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phala-śruti within the Linga Purana discourse)