शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 12
क्षणमात्रं शिवक्षेत्रे यो वसेद्भावतत्परः । स सर्वपापनिर्मुक्तो यात्यन्ते शङ्करालयम् ॥ १२ ॥
kṣaṇamātraṁ śivakṣētrē yō vasēdbhāvatatparaḥ | sa sarvapāpanirmuktō yātyantē śaṅkarālayam || 12 ||
Translation
Whoever stays even a moment in the field of Śiva with his heart intent on him is freed of all sin and at the end goes to the abode of Śaṅkara.
Word by word
- kṣaṇa
- a moment
- mātraṁ
- only
- śiva
- of Śiva
- kṣētrē
- in the field
- yō
- (yaḥ) who
- vasēd
- (vaset) stays
- bhāva
- in heart
- tatparaḥ
- intent
- sa
- he
- sarva
- all
- pāpa
- of sin
- nirmuktō
- (nirmuktaḥ) freed
- yāti
- goes
- antē
- at the end
- śaṅkara
- of Śaṅkara
- ālayam
- (ālayam) to the abode
Meaning
The condition is the phrase "bhāva-tatparaḥ": it is the attentive heart that counts, and with it even a moment is enough. "At the end" means at death.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 10.