लिङ्गस्थानान्तरकरणे निषेधःThe ban on moving the liṅga
Verse 93
प्रत्यहं पूजयेद्देवं यथाविभवमात्मनः । स्थावरं शिवलिङ्गं तु न कदापि विचालयेत् ॥ ९३ ॥
pratyahaṁ pūjayēddēvaṁ yathāvibhavamātmanaḥ | sthāvaraṁ śivaliṅgaṁ tu na kadāpi vicālayēt || 93 ||
Translation
Each day he should worship the God as his own wealth allows. But a fixed Śiva-liṅga he should never move.
Word by word
- prati
- each
- ahaṁ
- (aham) day
- pūjayēd
- (pūjayet) he should worship
- dēvaṁ
- the God
- yathā
- as
- vibhavam
- wealth allows
- ātmanaḥ
- his own
- sthāvaraṁ
- a fixed
- śiva
- Śiva
- liṅgaṁ
- liṅga
- tu
- but
- na
- not
- kadāpi
- ever
- vicālayēt
- he should move
Meaning
The heading of this passage is the ban on moving a liṅga. Once it is planted and has received the life-breaths, the duty that remains is daily worship in that place.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 89.