Shloka 14

Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava

Adhyaya 104

Devanagari script

पञ्चमाय महापञ्चयज्ञिनां फलदाय च पञ्चास्यफणिहाराय पञ्चाक्षरमयाय ते

Transliteration

pañcamāya mahāpañcayajñināṃ phaladāya ca pañcāsyaphaṇihārāya pañcākṣaramayāya te

Translation

Saudações a Ti—o Quinto, que transcende a ordem quíntupla; Aquele que concede o fruto aos que realizam o grande Pañcayajña; Aquele que traz as capelas das serpentes sobre as cinco faces; e Aquele cuja essência é o mantra de cinco sílabas: “namaḥ śivāya”.

Word by Word

• पञ्चमाय: to the Fifth (the transcendent principle beyond the five)

• महापञ्चयज्ञिनाम्: of those who perform the great five sacrifices

• फलदाय: bestower of results/fruits

• च: and

• पञ्चास्य: five-faced

• फणिहाराय: to the wearer of serpent-hoods/serpents as an ornament

• पञ्चाक्षरमयाय: whose nature is the five-syllabled (mantra)

• ते: to You (salutation implied).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga context)