Shloka 79

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

अग्न्यभ्यासे जले वापि शुष्कपर्णचये तथा जन्तुव्याप्ते श्मशाने च जीर्णगोष्ठे चतुष्पथे

Transliteration

agnyabhyāse jale vāpi śuṣkaparṇacaye tathā jantuvyāpte śmaśāne ca jīrṇagoṣṭhe catuṣpathe

Translation

अग्न्यभ्यासे जले वापि शुष्कपर्णचये तथा। जन्तुव्याप्ते श्मशाने च जीर्णगोष्ठे चतुष्पथे॥

Word by Word

• अग्न्यभ्यासे: near the place of fire-practice/constant fire

• जले: in water

• वा अपि: or even

• शुष्कपर्णचये: on a heap/pile of dry leaves

• तथा: and also

• जन्तुव्याप्ते: infested/overrun with living creatures

• श्मशाने: in a cremation ground

• च: and

• जीर्णगोष्ठे: in an old/ruined cowshed

• चतुष्पथे: at a four-road junction/crossroads

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya, conveying Shiva-dharma rules of place and conduct)