Shloka 22

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship

Devanagari script

मृन्मयं क्षणिकं वापि भक्त्या स्थाप्य फलं शुभम् सुरेन्द्राम्भोजगर्भाग्नियमाम्बुपधनेश्वरैः

Transliteration

mṛnmayaṃ kṣaṇikaṃ vāpi bhaktyā sthāpya phalaṃ śubham surendrāmbhojagarbhāgniyamāmbupadhaneśvaraiḥ

Translation

मृन्मयं क्षणिकं वापि लिङ्गं भक्त्या प्रतिष्ठाप्य यत् शुभं फलं, तत् सुरेन्द्रेणाम्भोजगर्भेणाग्निना यमेन वरुणेन कुबेरेण ईशानेन च दिगीश्वरैः प्रमाणीकृतम्।

Word by Word

• मृन्मयम्: made of clay

• क्षणिकम्: momentary/temporary

• वा अपि: even if

• भक्त्या: with devotion

• स्थाप्य: having installed/established

• फलम्: fruit/result

• शुभम्: auspicious

• सुरेन्द्रैः: by Indra (lord of the Devas)

• अम्भोजगर्भ: the Lotus-born Brahmā

• अग्नि: Agni (fire-deity)

• यम: Yama (lord of justice/death)

• अम्बुप: Varuṇa (lord of waters)

• धन-ईश्वर: Kubera (lord of wealth)

• ईश्वरैः: by Īśāna/Īśvara (Shiva as the lord of the quarters) / by the lords (collectively).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)