शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 9
सार्धत्रिकोटितीर्थानि दृष्टादृष्टानि यानि च । पुण्यक्षेत्राणि सर्वाणि वर्तन्ते शिवसन्निधौ ॥ ९ ॥
sārdhatrikōṭitīrthāni dṛṣṭādṛṣṭāni yāni ca | puṇyakṣētrāṇi sarvāṇi vartantē śivasannidhau || 9 ||
Translation
The thirty-five million places of pilgrimage, seen and unseen, and all holy fields are present where Śiva is.
Word by word
- sārdha
- and a half
- tri
- three
- kōṭi
- crores
- tīrthāni
- places of pilgrimage
- dṛṣṭa
- seen
- adṛṣṭāni
- (adṛṣṭāni) and unseen
- yāni
- which
- ca
- and
- puṇya
- holy
- kṣētrāṇi
- fields
- sarvāṇi
- all
- vartantē
- are present
- śiva
- of Śiva
- sannidhau
- in the presence
Meaning
"Sārdha-tri-koṭi", three and a half koṭis, is the traditional count of the tīrthas. The visible ones and those known only to the scriptures are said alike to gather where the liṅga stands, so that a visit to it is a visit to them all.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 5.