Shloka 26

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

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

पूजितं वा महादेवं पूज्यमानमथापि वा दृष्ट्वा प्रयाति वै मर्त्यो ब्रह्मलोकं न संशयः

Transliteration

pūjitaṃ vā mahādevaṃ pūjyamānamathāpi vā dṛṣṭvā prayāti vai martyo brahmalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

पूजितं वा महादेवं पूज्यमानं तथापि वा दृष्ट्वा मर्त्यो ब्रह्मलोकं याति न संशयः।

Word by Word

• पूजितम् (pūjitam): worshipped

• वा (vā): or

• महादेवम् (mahādevam): Mahādeva, the Great Lord (Śiva as Pati)

• पूज्यमानम् (pūjyamānam): being worshipped

• अथ अपि (atha api): even then / even

• वा (vā): or

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā): having seen

• प्रयाति (prayāti): goes/attains

• वै (vai): indeed

• मर्त्यः (martyaḥ): mortal being (pāśa-bound pashu)

• ब्रह्मलोकम् (brahmalokam): Brahmaloka (the exalted world of Brahmā)

• न (na): not

• संशयः (saṃśayaḥ): doubt.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)