Shloka 11

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

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा देवं यथान्यायं प्रणिपत्य च शङ्करम् कल्पिते चासने स्थाप्य धर्मज्ञानमये शुभे

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā devaṃ yathānyāyaṃ praṇipatya ca śaṅkaram kalpite cāsane sthāpya dharmajñānamaye śubhe

Translation

Matapos masilayan ang Panginoon ayon sa wastong tuntunin at magpatirapa kay Śaṅkara, iluklok Siya sa inihandang āsana—mapalad, puspos ng dharma at tunay na kaalaman—upang ang paśu (kaluluwang nakagapos) ay mapaharap sa Pati (Panginoon) sa pamamagitan ng tamang ritwal at tamang pag-unawa.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen/beheld

• देवं: the Deva, the Lord

• यथान्यायं (यथा-न्यायम्): according to rule, as prescribed

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down, having prostrated

• च: and

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)

• कल्पिते: prepared, arranged, fashioned

• च: and

• आसने: on the seat/throne

• स्थाप्य: having placed/installed (having seated)

• धर्मज्ञानमये (धर्म-ज्ञान-मये): consisting of dharma and spiritual knowledge

• शुभे: auspicious, благоприятный

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)