Shloka 15

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

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Devanagari script

तृतीयं धातुजं लिङ्गम् अष्टधा परमेष्ठिनः तुरीयं दारुजं लिङ्गं तत्तु षोडशधोच्यते

Transliteration

tṛtīyaṃ dhātujaṃ liṅgam aṣṭadhā parameṣṭhinaḥ turīyaṃ dārujaṃ liṅgaṃ tattu ṣoḍaśadhocyate

Translation

Третий — металлический Лингам; для Парамештхина (Творца) он преподаётся как восьмиобразный. Четвёртый — деревянный Лингам; он, поистине, объявляется шестнадцативидным.

Word by Word

• तृतीयम्: the third

• धातुजम्: made of metal/mineral (dhātu)

• लिङ्गम्: Liṅga, the emblem of Pati (Śiva)

• अष्टधा: eightfold, in eight varieties

• परमेष्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (the supreme ordainer/Creator, commonly Brahmā)

• तुरीयम्: the fourth

• दारुजम्: made of wood

• तत्तु: that indeed

• षोडशधा: sixteenfold, in sixteen varieties

• उच्यते: is said/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)