Shloka 11

Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा देवं यथान्यायं प्रणिपत्य च शङ्करम् कल्पिते चासने स्थाप्य धर्मज्ञानमये शुभे

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā devaṃ yathānyāyaṃ praṇipatya ca śaṅkaram kalpite cāsane sthāpya dharmajñānamaye śubhe

Translation

दृष्ट्वा देवं यथान्यायं प्रणिपत्य च शङ्करम्। कल्पिते शुभ आसने तं स्थापयेद् धर्मज्ञानमये॥

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/beheld

• देवं: the Deva, the Lord

• यथान्यायं (यथा-न्यायम्): according to rule, as prescribed

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down, having prostrated

• च: and

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)

• कल्पिते: prepared, arranged, fashioned

• च: and

• आसने: on the seat/throne

• स्थाप्य: having placed/installed (having seated)

• धर्मज्ञानमये (धर्म-ज्ञान-मये): consisting of dharma and spiritual knowledge

• शुभे: auspicious, благоприятный

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)