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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 14.94

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Ullāsa 14 · Verse 94

लिङ्गस्थानान्तरकरणे निषेधःThe ban on moving the liṅga

Verse 94

अचलस्येशलिङ्गस्य प्रतिष्ठां कथितेति ते । सङ्क्षेपात् परमेशानि सर्वागमसमुद्धृता ॥ ९४ ॥

acalasyēśaliṅgasya pratiṣṭhāṁ kathitēti tē | saṅkṣēpāt paramēśāni sarvāgamasamuddhṛtā || 94 ||

Translation

So the installing of a fixed liṅga of the Lord has been told to you in brief, Parameśānī, drawn up from all the Āgamas.

Word by word

acalasya
of a fixed
īśa
(īśa) of the Lord
liṅgasya
liṅga
pratiṣṭhāṁ
(pratiṣṭhā) the installing
kathitā
has been told
iti
so
tē
to you
saṅkṣēpāt
in brief
paramēśāni
Parameśānī
sarva
all
āgama
(āgama) from the Āgamas
samuddhṛtā
drawn up

Meaning

The whole rite, from the eve to the second morning, is here said to be a summary drawn from all the tantric scriptures. The text makes the same claim often, as a statement of what it is doing as a compilation.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 89.