Shloka 2

आभ्यन्तरध्यान-तत्त्वगणना-चतुर्व्यूहयोगः

Adhyaya 28

Devanagari script

तस्योपरि महादेवं निष्कलं सकलाकृतिम् कान्तार्धरूढदेहं च पूजयेद्ध्यानविद्यया

Transliteration

tasyopari mahādevaṃ niṣkalaṃ sakalākṛtim kāntārdharūḍhadehaṃ ca pūjayeddhyānavidyayā

Translation

Над тем Лингой следует почитать Махадеву посредством науки медитации — Шиву, который Нишкала (безчастный, запредельный) и вместе с тем Сакала (явленный в образе), чьё тело утверждено как половина Возлюбленной — в единстве Ардханари Шивы и Шакти.

Word by Word

• tasya upari: above that (upon/over it)

• mahādevam: Mahādeva, the Great Lord (Pati)

• niṣkalam: without parts, attributeless, transcendent

• sakala-ākṛtim: having a manifest, formed appearance

• kāntā-ardha-rūḍha-deham: whose body is occupied/established as half by the beloved (Ardhanārī/Śiva-Śakti union)

• ca: and

• pūjayet: one should worship

• dhyāna-vidyayā: by the knowledge/discipline of meditation (dhyāna).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja/dhyana-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)