Shloka 1

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

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे भक्तिमहिमवर्णनं नामाष्टसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः कथं पूज्यो महादेवो मर्त्यैर्मन्दैर्महामते कल्पायुषैर् अल्पवीर्यैर् अल्पसत्त्वैः प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge bhaktimahimavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ pūjyo mahādevo martyairmandairmahāmate kalpāyuṣair alpavīryair alpasattvaiḥ prajāpatiḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Liṅga-Mahāpurāṇa, sa Pūrvabhāga, nagsisimula ang ika-79 na kabanata na tinatawag na “Pagpupuri sa Kadakilaan ng Bhakti.” Sinabi ng mga rishi: “O dakilang-isip, paano sasambahin si Mahādeva—si Prajāpati, Panginoon ng mga nilalang—ng mga mortal na mapurol, maikli ang buhay sa panahong ito, mahina ang lakas, at salat ang panloob na kakayahan?”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the holy Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the earlier section (Pūrvabhāga)

• bhakti-mahimā-varṇanam: description of the greatness of devotion

• nāma: named

• aṣṭa-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the seventy-ninth chapter

• ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ: the sages said

• katham: how

• pūjyaḥ: to be worshipped / worthy of worship

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)

• martyaiḥ: by mortals

• mandaiḥ: dull / slow (in understanding and effort)

• mahāmate: O great-minded one (address)

• kalpa-āyuṣaiḥ: having an age (lifespan) determined by the (degenerate) time-cycle

• alpa-vīryaiḥ: of little vigor / power

• alpa-sattvaiḥ: of limited sattva / limited spiritual stamina

• prajāpatiḥ: Prajāpati, lord of progeny / lord of creatures

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, addressing Sūta)