शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 21
महापीठे तवाऽर्चायामस्पृश्यस्पर्शदूषणम् । विद्यते विद्यते नैतल्लिङ्गरूपधरे हरे ॥ २१ ॥
mahāpīṭhē tavā’rcāyāmaspṛśyasparśadūṣaṇam | vidyatē vidyatē naitalliṅgarūpadharē harē || 21 ||
Translation
In your worship at a great seat there is the fault of touching one who may not be touched. In the worship of Hara in the form of the liṅga it is not there; it is not there.
Word by word
- mahā
- great
- pīṭhē
- at a seat
- tava
- your
- arcāyām
- (arcāyām) in the worship
- aspṛśya
- of one not to be touched
- sparśa
- of the touch
- dūṣaṇam
- the fault
- vidyatē
- there is
- na
- not
- ētal
- (etat) this
- liṅga
- of the liṅga
- rūpa
- the form
- dharē
- who bears
- harē
- in Hara
Meaning
The rule of untouchability is stated and then set aside for this one worship, with the denial said twice for force. This is the text's own ruling on purity at a shrine of the liṅga, and it runs on into the comparison of the next verse.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 18.