शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 16
पुरश्चर्याशतं कृत्वा ग्रहे शशिदिनेशयोः । यत् फलं तदवाप्नोति सकृज्जप्त्वा शिवान्तिके ॥ १६ ॥
puraścaryāśataṁ kṛtvā grahē śaśidinēśayōḥ | yat phalaṁ tadavāpnōti sakṛjjaptvā śivāntikē || 16 ||
Translation
The fruit of a hundred preparatory rites done at an eclipse of the moon or the sun one gains by a single japa near Śiva.
Word by word
- puraścaryā
- of preparatory rites
- śataṁ
- a hundred
- kṛtvā
- having done
- grahē
- at an eclipse
- śaśi
- of the moon
- dinēśayōḥ
- and the sun
- yat
- what
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- tad
- (tat) that
- avāpnōti
- one gains
- sakṛj
- (sakṛt) once
- japtvā
- having repeated
- śiva
- Śiva
- antikē
- (antike) near
Meaning
The commentary gives "graha" as "grahaṇa", an eclipse. An eclipse is the most powerful time in the calendar for such practice, so the comparison sets the place above the most favourable of times.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Grahe: at an eclipse (grahaṇe) (verses 16 and 17).