शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 7
यत् फलं लभते मर्त्यस्तस्मात् कोटिगुणं फलम् । शिवलिङ्गप्रतिष्ठायां लभते नात्र संशयः ॥ ७ ॥
yat phalaṁ labhatē martyastasmāt kōṭiguṇaṁ phalam | śivaliṅgapratiṣṭhāyāṁ labhatē nātra saṁśayaḥ || 7 ||
Translation
ten million times that fruit he gains in the installing of a Śiva-liṅga. Of this there is no doubt.
Word by word
- yat
- what
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- labhatē
- gains
- martyas
- (martyaḥ) a mortal
- tasmāt
- than that
- kōṭi
- ten million
- guṇaṁ
- times
- śiva
- Śiva
- liṅga
- liṅga
- pratiṣṭhāyāṁ
- in the installing
- na
- no
- atra
- here
- saṁśayaḥ
- doubt
Meaning
The comparison is the language of praise (arthavāda) common in such passages. Its purpose is to fix how highly the text ranks the act, not to give a measure.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 5.