Shloka 12
Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः
Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship
Devanagari script
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन चराचरमिदं जगत् शिवलिङ्गं समभ्यर्च्य स्थितमत्र न संशयः
Transliteration
bahunātra kimuktena carācaramidaṃ jagat śivaliṅgaṃ samabhyarcya sthitamatra na saṃśayaḥ
Translation
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन? चराचरमिदं जगत् शिवलिङ्गं समभ्यर्च्य स्थितमत्र न संशयः।
Word by Word
bahunāby much (speech)
bahunā:
atrahere/in this matter
atra:
kimwhat
kim:
uktenaby saying
uktena:
carācarammoving and unmoving
carācaram:
idamthis
idam:
jagatuniverse/world
jagat:
śiva-liṅgamthe Śiva-Liṅga
śiva-liṅgam:
samabhyarcyahaving worshipped properly/devoutly
samabhyarcya:
sthitamstands established/abides
sthitam:
atrain this (teaching)
atra:
nanot
na:
saṁśayaḥdoubt
saṁśayaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga-mahatmya to the sages of Naimisharanya)