Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 77

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

विघ्नेशो मातरो दुर्गा क्षेत्रज्ञो देवता दिशः आग्नेयादिषु कोणेषु चतुर्ष्वपि यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

vighneśo mātaro durgā kṣetrajño devatā diśaḥ āgneyādiṣu koṇeṣu caturṣvapi yathākramam

Translation

于四个角方位，自东南角起，依次安置（启请）：障碍主毗伽尼沙(Vighneśa)、诸母神(Mātṛkās)、杜尔迦(Durgā)、以及刹帝罗阇那(Kṣetrajña)——主宰诸方的护方神。由此令四隅清净，堪为湿婆林伽之礼拜。

Word by Word

• विघ्नेशः: Vighneśa (Lord of obstacles)

• मातरः: the Mothers (Mātṛkās)

• दुर्गा: Durgā (protective Śakti)

• क्षेत्रज्ञः: Kṣetrajña (knower/presider of the sacred field

• देवता: divinity, presiding deity

• दिशः: directions/quarters

• आग्नेय-आदिषु: beginning with the southeast (Agneya) and the rest

• कोणेषु: in the corner-directions

• चतुर्षु अपि: in all four (corners)

• यथा-क्रमम्: in proper sequence

Speaker

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