शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 10
लिङ्गरूपधरं शम्भुं परितो दिग्विदिक्षु च । शतहस्तप्रमाणेन शिवक्षेत्रं प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ १० ॥
liṅgarūpadharaṁ śambhuṁ paritō digvidikṣu ca | śatahastapramāṇēna śivakṣētraṁ prakīrtitam || 10 ||
Translation
For a hundred cubits on every side of Śambhu in the form of the liṅga, in the four quarters and between them, the ground is declared the field of Śiva.
Word by word
- liṅga
- of the liṅga
- rūpa
- the form
- dharaṁ
- who bears
- śambhuṁ
- Śambhu
- paritō
- (paritaḥ) on all sides
- dig
- (dik) in the quarters
- vidikṣu
- and between the quarters
- ca
- and
- śata
- a hundred
- hasta
- cubits
- pramāṇēna
- by the measure
- śiva
- of Śiva
- kṣētraṁ
- the field
- prakīrtitam
- is declared
Meaning
Here the text defines a precinct. "Paritaḥ" the commentary glosses as "on all sides". The verses that follow all speak of this measured ground, the śiva-kṣetra, and of what is done within it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Paritaḥ: on all sides (verses 10 to 12).