Shloka 56

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata

Devanagari script

तस्य मूर्ध्नि शिवं कुर्यान् मध्यतो धातुनैव तु दक्षिणे च यथान्यायं ब्रह्माणं च चतुर्मुखम्

Transliteration

tasya mūrdhni śivaṃ kuryān madhyato dhātunaiva tu dakṣiṇe ca yathānyāyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca caturmukham

Translation

اس کے سرے پر شِو کو قائم کرے؛ درمیان میں دھاتṛ (خالق) کو؛ اور دائیں جانب قاعدے کے مطابق چہارمُکھ برہما کو نصب کرے۔

Word by Word

• tasya: of that (liṅga/structure)

• mūrdhni: on the head/top

• śivam: Śiva

• kuryāt: one should place/establish

• madhyataḥ: in the middle

• dhātunā: by/with Dhātṛ (the sustainer-creator aspect, i.e., Brahmā in the role of Dhātṛ)

• eva: indeed

• tu: and/indeed

• dakṣiṇe: on the right side

• ca: and

• yathā-nyāyam: according to rule/proper procedure

• brahmāṇam: Brahmā

• ca: and

• caturmukham: four-faced.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga-pratiṣṭhā-vidhi to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)