शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 23
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन तवाग्रे सत्यमुच्यते । प्रभावः शिवलिङ्गस्य मया वक्तुं न शक्यते ॥ २३ ॥
bahunātra kimuktēna tavāgrē satyamucyatē | prabhāvaḥ śivaliṅgasya mayā vaktuṁ na śakyatē || 23 ||
Translation
What need to say more? I tell you the truth to your face: the power of the Śiva-liṅga cannot be told, even by me.
Word by word
- bahunā
- with much
- atra
- here
- kim
- what
- uktēna
- said
- tava
- of you
- agrē
- (agre) before
- satyam
- the truth
- ucyatē
- is told
- prabhāvaḥ
- the power
- śiva
- of Śiva
- liṅgasya
- liṅga
- mayā
- by me
- vaktuṁ
- to be told
- na
- not
- śakyatē
- can
Meaning
The praise ends where it began, at the limit of words, but now from the mouth of Śiva himself. He says this before turning from the fruit to the rite.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 18.