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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.310

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 310

भगवतीपूजनम्The worship of the Goddess

Verse 310

चलतः शिवलिङ्गस्य प्रतिष्ठायामयं विधिः । प्रयोक्तव्यो विधानज्ञैर्मन्त्रनामोहपूर्वकम् ॥ ३१० ॥

calataḥ śivaliṅgasya pratiṣṭhāyāmayaṁ vidhiḥ | prayōktavyō vidhānajñairmantranāmōhapūrvakam || 310 ||

Translation

…and in installing a movable Śiva-liṅga, this rite is to be used by those who know the rites, with the mantras and names changed accordingly.

Word by word

calataḥ
(calataḥ) movable
śiva
Śiva
liṅgasya
of a liṅga
pratiṣṭhāyām
in installing
ayaṁ
this
vidhiḥ
(vidhiḥ) rite
prayōktavyaḥ
(prayoktavyaḥ) is to be used
vidhāna
the rites
jñaiḥ
(jñaiḥ) by those who know
mantra
mantras
nāma
names
ūha
(ūha) the changing
pūrvakam
with

Meaning

A movable liṅga (cala) is installed by this rite; the fixed liṅga has its own rite, the subject of the fourteenth chapter. "Ūha" is the adapting of mantra and name to each deity. The chapter of installation ends here.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 304. Thus ends the thirteenth chapter in the commentary on the Śrī Mahānirvāṇa Tantra.