अचलशिवलिङ्गप्रतिष्ठा प्रश्नःThe question on installing a fixed Śiva-liṅga
Verse 2
सचलस्येशलिङ्गस्य प्रतिष्ठाविधिरीरितः । अचलस्य प्रतिष्ठायां किं फलं विधिरेव कः ॥ २ ॥
sacalasyēśaliṅgasya pratiṣṭhāvidhirīritaḥ | acalasya pratiṣṭhāyāṁ kiṁ phalaṁ vidhirēva kaḥ || 2 ||
Translation
You have told the rite of installing a movable liṅga of the Lord. What is the fruit of installing a fixed one, and what is its rite?
Word by word
- sacalasya
- of a movable
- īśa
- (īśa) of the Lord
- liṅgasya
- liṅga
- pratiṣṭhā
- of the installing
- vidhir
- (vidhiḥ) the rite
- īritaḥ
- has been told
- acalasya
- of a fixed one
- pratiṣṭhāyāṁ
- in the installing
- kiṁ
- what
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- ēva
- indeed
- kaḥ
- what
Meaning
The distinction is between a liṅga that can be carried (sacala), whose rite closed the last chapter at 13.310, and one set permanently in the ground (acala). The rest of the opening of this chapter answers both parts of her question, first the fruit (verses 5-24) and then the rite (verses 25-94).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 1.