Shloka 7

ब्रह्मणो वरप्रदानम् — शिवस्य परत्वप्रतिपादनम् तथा वराहेण भूमेः पुनःस्थापनम्

Devanagari script

अथाम्भसा प्लुतां भूमीं समाधाय जनार्दनः पूर्ववत्स्थापयामास वाराहं रूपमास्थितः

Transliteration

athāmbhasā plutāṃ bhūmīṃ samādhāya janārdanaḥ pūrvavatsthāpayāmāsa vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ

Translation

ثم إنّ جناردانا، بعدما جمع الأرض التي غمرتها المياه، اتّخذ هيئة فاراها (الخنزير البري) وأعادها إلى موضعها الأول. وفي الرؤية الشيفية فإن إعادة تثبيت الكون تجري تحت السيادة العليا لِـ«باتي» (شيفا)، الذي يهب الدِّيفا القدرة على إعادة ترتيب العوالم.

Word by Word

• अथ (atha): then

• अम्भसा (ambhasā): by/with water(s)

• प्लुताम् (plutām): submerged, flooded

• भूमीम् (bhūmīm): the Earth

• समाधाय (samādhāya): having collected, having lifted up/secured

• जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ): Janārdana (Viṣṇu, the remover of affliction)

• पूर्ववत् (pūrvavat): as before, in the former state

• स्थापयामास (sthāpayāmāsa): he established, he set in place

• वाराहम् (vārāham): the Boar (form)

• रूपम् (rūpam): form

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ): having assumed, having taken refuge in

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Varaha
• Earth (Bhumi)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames cosmic stability as a sacred act: just as Bhūmi is re-established in her proper place, the devotee establishes the Liṅga in a consecrated seat (pīṭha) to align the microcosm with the divinely ordered cosmos under Pati (Śiva).

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though the action is performed by Janārdana as Varāha, the Linga Purana’s Shaiva lens reads such world-ordering as functioning through Śiva-tattva—the supreme Pati who grants śakti to sustain, restore, and regulate sṛṣṭi, thereby loosening pāśa (bondage) through dharma.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse suggests the principle of pratiṣṭhā (establishing): ritually, it echoes Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and bhū-śuddhi (purification of the earth/seat); yogically, it mirrors stabilizing the mind (citta-sthāpanā) after it is “flooded” by vṛttis—central to Pāśupata-oriented discipline.