Shloka 37

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

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

व्यासेन कथितः पूर्वं श्रुत्वा रुद्रमुखात्स्वयम्

Transliteration

vyāsena kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ śrutvā rudramukhātsvayam

Translation

व्यासेन पूर्वं कथितं श्रुत्वा रुद्रमुखात् स्वयम्। एवं पतिरूपस्य शिवस्य साक्षादुपदेशोऽयं पशोर्मोक्षाय संरक्षितः॥

Word by Word

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa

• कथितः: was spoken/expounded

• पूर्वम्: formerly/earlier

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• रुद्रमुखात्: from the mouth of Rudra (Śiva)

• स्वयम्: himself/personally

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the provenance of the teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)