Shloka 14

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

सर्वज्ञं सर्वगं देवं कृत्वा विद्याविधानतः प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथान्यायं शिवसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

sarvajñaṃ sarvagaṃ devaṃ kṛtvā vidyāvidhānataḥ pratiṣṭhāpya yathānyāyaṃ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

Translation

Matapos hubugin ang Deva—si Shiva—na lubos na nakaaalam at sumasaklaw sa lahat, at matapos Siyang itatag ayon sa mga itinakdang kautusang mantriko at wastong tuntunin ng ritwal, ang sumasamba ay nakakamit ang sāyujya kay Shiva—ang pakikiisa sa Kanyang kalagayan.

Word by Word

• सर्वज्ञं: all-knowing

• सर्वगं: all-pervading

• देवं: the Divine Lord

• कृत्वा: having made/fashioned (the icon/linga-form)

• विद्या-विधानतः: according to the ordinance of mantra-knowledge and its ritual prescriptions

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed/consecrated

• यथा-न्यायम्: according to due rule/proper procedure

• शिव-सायुज्यम्: union/identity with Shiva (liberating communion)

• आप्नुयात्: one attains/obtains

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga-pratishtha teachings to the sages, with the verse presenting the phala—spiritual fruit—of correct installation)