शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 18
अतिपातकिनो ये च महापातकिनश्च ये । शैवतीर्थे कृतश्राद्धास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥ १८ ॥
atipātakinō yē ca mahāpātakinaśca yē | śaivatīrthē kṛtaśrāddhāstē’pi yānti parāṁ gatim || 18 ||
Translation
Those guilty of the gravest sins and of great sins, if śrāddha has been done for them at a tīrtha of Śiva, they too reach the highest state.
Word by word
- ati
- the gravest
- pātakinō
- (pātakinaḥ) sinners
- yē
- those who
- ca
- and
- mahā
- great
- pātakinaś
- (pātakinaḥ) sinners
- śaiva
- of Śiva
- tīrthē
- at the tīrtha
- kṛta
- done
- śrāddhās
- (śrāddhāḥ) for whom śrāddha
- tē
- they
- api
- too
- yānti
- reach
- parāṁ
- the highest
- gatim
- state
Meaning
The commentary spells out the compound: "kṛta-śrāddhāḥ" are those for whom a śrāddha has been performed. The benefit passes to the dead through the rite, whatever they did in life.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kṛtaśrāddhāḥ: those for whom a śrāddha has been performed (verses 18 to 24).