Shloka 6

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन भक्त्या भक्तैः शिवालयम् कर्तव्यं सर्वयत्नेन धर्मकामार्थसिद्धये

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena bhaktyā bhaktaiḥ śivālayam kartavyaṃ sarvayatnena dharmakāmārthasiddhaye

Translation

तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन भक्त्या भक्तैः शिवालयः कर्तव्यः। सर्वयत्नेन धर्मकामार्थसिद्धये॥

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort

• भक्त्या: with devotion

• भक्तैः: by devotees

• शिवालयम्: a temple/abode of Śiva

• कर्तव्यम्: should be done/ought to be undertaken

• सर्वयत्नेन: with every endeavor

• धर्म: righteousness/duty

• काम: legitimate desire

• अर्थ: prosperity/worldly means

• सिद्धये: for attainment/fulfillment

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)