Shloka 56

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata

Devanagari script

तस्य मूर्ध्नि शिवं कुर्यान् मध्यतो धातुनैव तु दक्षिणे च यथान्यायं ब्रह्माणं च चतुर्मुखम्

Transliteration

tasya mūrdhni śivaṃ kuryān madhyato dhātunaiva tu dakṣiṇe ca yathānyāyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca caturmukham

Translation

तस्य मूर्ध्नि शिवं कुर्यान् मध्यतो धातुनैव तु । दक्षिणे च यथान्यायं ब्रह्माणं च चतुर्मुखम् ॥

Word by Word

• tasya: of that (liṅga/structure)

• mūrdhni: on the head/top

• śivam: Śiva

• kuryāt: one should place/establish

• madhyataḥ: in the middle

• dhātunā: by/with Dhātṛ (the sustainer-creator aspect, i.e., Brahmā in the role of Dhātṛ)

• eva: indeed

• tu: and/indeed

• dakṣiṇe: on the right side

• ca: and

• yathā-nyāyam: according to rule/proper procedure

• brahmāṇam: Brahmā

• ca: and

• caturmukham: four-faced.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga-pratiṣṭhā-vidhi to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)