अचलशिवलिङ्गप्रतिष्ठा प्रश्नःThe question on installing a fixed Śiva-liṅga
Verse 1
श्रीदेव्युवाच । आद्यशक्तेरनुष्ठानात् कृपया भूरिसाधनम् । कथितं मे कृपानाथ तृप्ताऽस्मि तव भावतः ॥ १ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca | ādyaśaktēranuṣṭhānāt kṛpayā bhūrisādhanam | kathitaṁ mē kṛpānātha tṛptā’smi tava bhāvataḥ || 1 ||
Translation
Śrī Devī said: In your kindness, O Lord of mercy, you have told me the worship of the First Śakti and its many means. Out of your love for me I am content.
Word by word
- ādya
- the First
- śaktēr
- (śakteḥ) of the Śakti
- anuṣṭhānāt
- from the worship
- kṛpayā
- in kindness
- bhūri
- many
- sādhanam
- means
- kathitaṁ
- told
- mē
- to me
- kṛpā
- of mercy
- nātha
- O Lord
- tṛptā
- content
- asmi
- I am
- tava
- your
- bhāvataḥ
- out of love
Meaning
The last chapter of the first half opens with the Devī satisfied but not finished. She has heard the installation of all the deities and of a movable liṅga, and the commentary says she now wishes to hear the fruit and the rite of installing a fixed one. "Bhāvataḥ" it explains as "out of love": what she has received came from Śiva's affection.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Oṁ, salutation to Brahman. Having thus heard the rite and the fruit of installing all the deities, and also of the movable Śiva-liṅga, and wishing now to hear the fruit and the rite of installing the fixed Śiva-liṅga, Śrī Devī said "ādyaśakteḥ" and the rest. Bhāvataḥ: out of love (prītitaḥ).