Shloka 102

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

दिव्ये च शाश्वतस्थाने शिवध्यानं समभ्यसेत् निर्मलं निष्कलं ब्रह्म सुशान्तं ज्ञानरूपिणम्

Transliteration

divye ca śāśvatasthāne śivadhyānaṃ samabhyaset nirmalaṃ niṣkalaṃ brahma suśāntaṃ jñānarūpiṇam

Translation

ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਾਸ਼ਵਤ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਧਿਆਨ ਦਾ ਨਿਰੰਤਰ ਅਭਿਆਸ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਉਹ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਨਿਰਮਲ, ਨਿਸ਼ਕਲ, ਪਰਮ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਅਤੇ ਗਿਆਨਸਰੂਪ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• दिव्ये: in a divine (sacred) [place]

• च: and

• शाश्वत-स्थाने: in an eternal/everlasting place (abode/sanctuary)

• शिव-ध्यानम्: meditation on Śiva

• समभ्यसेत्: should practice assiduously

• निर्मलम्: stainless, pure

• निष्कलम्: without parts/without limiting adjuncts (nirguṇa)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Supreme Reality

• सुशान्तम्: perfectly peaceful, utterly tranquil

• ज्ञान-रूपिणम्: whose form/nature is knowledge, consciousness itself

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana tradition)