Shloka 16

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

तत्र भुक्त्वा महाभोगान् कल्पलक्षं सुखी नरः क्रमादागत्य लोके ऽस्मिन् सर्वयज्ञान्तगो भवेत्

Transliteration

tatra bhuktvā mahābhogān kalpalakṣaṃ sukhī naraḥ kramādāgatya loke 'smin sarvayajñāntago bhavet

Translation

Dort, nachdem er die höchsten Genüsse hunderttausend Kalpas lang erfahren hat, kehrt jener Mensch—glücklich und erfüllt—der Reihe nach in diese Welt zurück und wird zu einem, dessen Opferhandlungen ihre letzte Vollendung im höchsten Herrn (Pati), Śiva, finden.

Word by Word

• तत्र (tatra): there (in that higher realm)

• भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā): having enjoyed/experienced

• महाभोगान् (mahābhogān): great enjoyments, exalted pleasures

• कल्पलक्षम् (kalpalakṣam): for a lakh of kalpas (an immense aeon-span)

• सुखी (sukhī): happy, at ease, fulfilled

• नरः (naraḥ): a man, embodied soul (paśu)

• क्रमात् (kramāt): gradually, in due course

• आगत्य (āgatya): having come/returned

• लोके अस्मिन् (loke ’smin): in this world

• सर्वयज्ञान्तगः (sarvayajñānta-gaḥ): one whose rites culminate in the end/fruit of all yajñas—Shiva as the ultimate telos

• भवेत् (bhavet): becomes

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames all sacrificial merit as ultimately meant to terminate in Shiva (Pati); even heavenly enjoyments are temporary, while the highest “end of yajña” is Shiva-oriented fulfillment that redirects the soul toward Shaiva realization.

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

Shiva is implied as the sarva-yajña-anta—the final ground and consummation of all ritual action—indicating Pati as the supreme telos beyond transient bhoga and loka-based rewards.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes yajña-karma and its phala, teaching that rites should be performed with Shiva as the ultimate intention; this aligns with a Pāśupata orientation where karma is purified into devotion and right knowledge rather than mere enjoyment.