Shloka 20

उपलेपनादिकथनम्

Vastraputa-jala, Ahimsa, and Conduct in Shiva Worship

Devanagari script

मलिना रूपवत्यश् च विरूपा मलिनांबराः न हन्तव्याः सदा मर्त्यैः शिववच्छङ्कया तथा

Transliteration

malinā rūpavatyaś ca virūpā malināṃbarāḥ na hantavyāḥ sadā martyaiḥ śivavacchaṅkayā tathā

Translation

Quer sejam impuras, mas belas, ou deformadas e vestidas com trajes sujos — os mortais nunca devem matá-las; pois devem ser consideradas com a mesma reverência cautelosa que o próprio Shiva.

Word by Word

• मलिनाः: unclean/soiled

• रूपवत्यः: beautiful women/figures (possessing form/beauty)

• च: and

• विरूपाः: deformed/ugly/misshapen

• मलिनाम्बराः: wearing dirty garments

• न: not

• हन्तव्याः: to be killed/should be slain

• सदा: always

• मर्त्यैः: by mortals

• शिववत्: like Shiva/as Shiva

• शङ्कया: with apprehension/reverential fear/suspicion

• तथा: thus/in that manner

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the ethical teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)