Shloka 7

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship

Devanagari script

दारुजं नैरृतिर् भक्त्या यमो मारकतं शुभम् नीलाद्याश् च तथा रुद्राः शुद्धं भस्ममयं शुभम्

Transliteration

dārujaṃ nairṛtir bhaktyā yamo mārakataṃ śubham nīlādyāś ca tathā rudrāḥ śuddhaṃ bhasmamayaṃ śubham

Translation

Sa debosyon, tinatanggap ni Nairṛti (tagapagbantay ng timog-kanluran) ang bhasma na isinilang mula sa kahoy; tinatanggap ni Yama ang mapalad na bhasma na kulay-esmeralda. Gayundin, ang mga Rudra na nagsisimula kay Nīla ay tumatanggap ng dalisay at mapalad na bhasma—ang sagradong abo para sa pagsamba kay Śiva.

Word by Word

• दारुजम्: produced from wood (wood-born)

• नैरृतिः: Nairṛti, the dikpāla of the south-west

• भक्त्या: with devotion

• यमः: Yama, lord of restraint/death

• मारकतम्: emerald (green gem), emerald-coloured

• शुभम्: auspicious, благоприятное

• नीलाद्याः: beginning with Nīla (the blue-hued Rudra and others)

• च: and

• तथा: likewise

• रुद्राः: the Rudras

• शुद्धम्: pure

• भस्ममयम्: consisting of bhasma (sacred ash)

• शुभम्: auspicious.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)