Shiva Purana — Vidyesvara Samhita, Shloka 10
Liṅga–Bera Pūjā: Nitya-Arcana and Upacāras as an Accessible Sādhana (लिङ्गबेरपूजा-विधानम्)
शिवेनोक्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि क्रमाद्गुरुमुखाच्छ्रुतम् । शिवैको ब्रह्मरूपत्वान्निष्कलः परिकीर्तितः
śivenoktaṃ pravakṣyāmi kramādgurumukhācchrutam | śivaiko brahmarūpatvānniṣkalaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
এতিয়া মই ক্ৰমে বৰ্ণনা কৰিম—শিৱে যি কৈছিল আৰু যি গুৰুমুখে শ্ৰুত হৈছে। শিৱ একমাত্ৰ; ব্ৰহ্মস্বৰূপ হোৱাৰ বাবে তেওঁ নিষ্কল—অখণ্ড, অৱয়ৱৰহিত—বুলি কীৰ্তিত।
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, presenting Shiva’s teaching as received through the Guru)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Provides doctrinal basis for liṅga/bera worship: Śiva is ultimately niṣkala (transcendent Brahman) yet teachable through tradition (guru-mukha) and worship forms.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It establishes Śiva as the one Supreme Reality (Brahman) who is niṣkala—beyond parts and limiting attributes—while also affirming that this truth is received through authentic guru-paramparā and then taught in a systematic order.
By declaring Śiva as niṣkala (transcendent), the verse provides the metaphysical basis for worship: the Liṅga and saguna forms are sacred supports for devotion and contemplation, leading the seeker toward realization of Śiva’s nirguṇa, partless essence.
It points to disciplined study and contemplation under a Guru, supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditation on Śiva as the one, partless Reality—moving from form-based worship toward inner realization.