Shloka 191

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

जपेदष्टोत्तरशतं सोममृत्युहरो भवेत् आदित्याभिमुखो भूत्वा जपेल्लक्षमनन्यधीः

Transliteration

japedaṣṭottaraśataṃ somamṛtyuharo bhavet ādityābhimukho bhūtvā japellakṣamananyadhīḥ

Translation

Que o recite cento e oito vezes; assim se torna removedor da morte associada a Soma. Voltado para o Sol, com a mente sem distração, que realize um lakh (cem mil) repetições—e o sādhaka torna-se apto à graça de Śiva, que afrouxa o pāśa (laço) do paśu (alma encarnada).

Word by Word

• japet: let (him) recite

• aṣṭottara-śatam: one hundred and eight (times)

• soma: Soma (Moon / Soma-deity)

• mṛtyu-haraḥ: remover of death

• bhavet: becomes

• āditya-abhimukhaḥ: facing Āditya (the Sun)

• bhūtvā: having become/being

• japet: should recite

• lakṣam: one lakh (100,000)

• ananya-dhīḥ: with single-pointed, undivided attention

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-related japa-vidhi within the Linga Purana discourse)