Shloka 22

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

कृत्वा विन्यस्य तन्मध्ये तदासनवरं शुभम् तस्याग्रतः पादपीठं नीलवज्रावभासितम्

Transliteration

kṛtvā vinyasya tanmadhye tadāsanavaraṃ śubham tasyāgrataḥ pādapīṭhaṃ nīlavajrāvabhāsitam

Translation

اسے تیار کرکے اس کے عین وسط میں پروردگار کے لیے مبارک اور بہترین آسن قائم کرے؛ اور اس کے سامنے نیلے وجر کی مانند چمکتا ہوا پادپیٹھ رکھے—مضبوط، تاباں اور عبادت کے لائق۔

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done/made

• विन्यस्य: having placed/arranged

• तन्मध्ये: in the middle of that (maṇḍala/altar space)

• तदासनवरम्: that excellent seat (āsana)

• शुभम्: auspicious

• तस्याग्रतः: in front of it

• पादपीठम्: footstool/foot-rest

• नीलवज्रावभासितम्: appearing/shining like a blue vajra (diamond/thunderbolt), i.e., radiant and adamantine

Speaker

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