Shloka 48

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

नमस्कारविहीनस्तु नाम उद्गिरयेद्भवे ब्रह्मघ्नदशसंतुल्यं तस्य पापं गरीयसम्

Transliteration

namaskāravihīnastu nāma udgirayedbhave brahmaghnadaśasaṃtulyaṃ tasya pāpaṃ garīyasam

Translation

नमस्कारविहीनः तु यो भवे नाम उद्गिरयेत्, तस्य पापं गरीयः स्यात् ब्रह्मघ्नदशसंतुल्यम्॥

Word by Word

• नमस्कारविहीनः: without salutation/reverence

• तु: but

• नाम: the Name (of Śiva)

• उद्गिरयेत्: should utter/recite aloud

• भवॆ: in worldly existence/in the world

• ब्रह्मघ्न: slayer of a brāhmaṇa

• दश: ten

• संतुल्यम्: equal/comparable

• तस्य: of him/for that person

• पापम्: sin/demerit

• गरीयसम्: heavier, more grievous

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja discipline within the Linga Purana’s teaching stream)