Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 13

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

सुवृत्तं मण्डलं दिव्यं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् वेदिका द्विगुणा तस्य समा वा सर्वसंमता

Transliteration

suvṛttaṃ maṇḍalaṃ divyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam vedikā dviguṇā tasya samā vā sarvasaṃmatā

Translation

Следует устроить совершенный круглый, божественный мандала, дарующий плоды всех желаний. Ведика (алтарная площадка) должна быть вдвое больше его меры или равной ему — таково правило, признанное всеми.

Word by Word

• suvṛttam: perfectly circular

• maṇḍalam: ritual diagram/circle

• divyam: divine, auspicious

• sarva-kāma-phala-pradam: granting the fruit of all desires (dharma-artha-kāma, and supportive of mokṣa through śiva-bhakti)

• vedikā: altar platform

• dviguṇā: double in measure

• tasya: of that (maṇḍala)

• samā: equal (in measure)

• vā: or

• sarva-saṃmatā: approved/accepted by all authorities

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure as received in the Linga Purana tradition)