Shloka 5

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship

Devanagari script

अनन्ताद्या महानागाः प्रवालकमयं शुभम् दैत्या ह्ययोमयं लिङ्गं राक्षसाश् च महात्मनः

Transliteration

anantādyā mahānāgāḥ pravālakamayaṃ śubham daityā hyayomayaṃ liṅgaṃ rākṣasāś ca mahātmanaḥ

Translation

自阿难多（Ananta）起之大那伽众，奉献吉祥之珊瑚林伽；代底耶（Daityas）奉献铁制林伽；罗刹（Rākṣasas）亦复如是，噫大心者——各随其性——皆以林伽奉敬至上主宰（Pati）。

Word by Word

• अनन्ताद्याः: beginning with Ananta

• महानागाः: great Nāgas/serpent-lords

• प्रवालकमयम्: made of coral

• शुभम्: auspicious

• दैत्याः: Daityas (a class of Asuras)

• हि: indeed

• अयोमयम्: made of iron

• लिङ्गम्: Liṅga (symbol/form of Śiva as Pati)

• राक्षसाः: Rākṣasas

• च: and

• महात्मनः: O great-souled one (vocative संबोधन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)