महापीठादौ स्पर्शदोषाद्यभावःNo fault of touch at the great seats
Verse 102
महापीठेऽनादिलिङ्गे सर्वदोषविवर्जिते । सर्वदा पूजयेत्तत्र स्वं स्वमिष्टं सुखाप्तये ॥ १०२ ॥
mahāpīṭhē’nādiliṅgē sarvadōṣavivarjitē | sarvadā pūjayēttatra svaṁ svamiṣṭaṁ sukhāptayē || 102 ||
Translation
At a great seat, and at a beginningless liṅga, which are free of every fault, he should always worship there his own chosen deity, for the winning of happiness.
Word by word
- mahā
- great
- pīṭhē
- (pīṭhe) at a seat
- anādi
- (anādi) beginningless
- liṅgē
- at a liṅga
- sarva
- every
- dōṣa
- of fault
- vivarjitē
- free
- sarvadā
- always
- pūjayēt
- he should worship
- tatra
- (tatra) there
- svaṁ
- his own
- iṣṭaṁ
- chosen deity
- sukha
- of happiness
- āptayē
- (āptaye) for the winning
Meaning
The great seats (mahāpīṭha) of the Goddess and the self-arisen liṅgas stand outside these rules. Since they were not made by anyone, no damage or touch can disqualify them.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 100.