शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 17
गयागङ्गाप्रयागेषु कोटिपिण्डप्रदो नरः । यत् प्राप्नोति तदत्रैव सकृत् पिण्डप्रदानतः ॥ १७ ॥
gayāgaṅgāprayāgēṣu kōṭipiṇḍapradō naraḥ | yat prāpnōti tadatraiva sakṛt piṇḍapradānataḥ || 17 ||
Translation
What a man gains by offering ten million piṇḍas at Gayā, the Gaṅgā and Prayāga, he gains here by offering a piṇḍa once.
Word by word
- gayā
- at Gayā
- gaṅgā
- the Gaṅgā
- prayāgēṣu
- and Prayāga
- kōṭi
- ten million
- piṇḍa
- piṇḍas
- pradō
- (pradaḥ) offering
- naraḥ
- a man
- yat
- what
- prāpnōti
- gains
- tad
- (tat) that
- atra
- here
- ēva
- indeed
- sakṛt
- once
- pradānataḥ
- by offering
Meaning
Gayā, the Gaṅgā and Prayāga are the great places for offering the rice-ball to the dead. All that journey and expense, the text says, is matched by one offering in the field of Śiva.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 16.