Shloka 8

Devanagari script

शिवध्यानैकसम्पन्नः स मे पापं व्यपोहतु शिवोत्तमो महापूज्यः शिवध्यानपरायणः

Transliteration

śivadhyānaikasampannaḥ sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu śivottamo mahāpūjyaḥ śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

Möge der höchste Śiva—vollendet in einspitziger Meditation auf Śiva—meine Sünde hinwegnehmen. Der erhabenste Śiva, der höchsten Verehrung würdig, ist ganz der Śiva-Meditation hingegeben.

Word by Word

• शिव-ध्यान (śiva-dhyāna): meditation on Shiva

• एक (eka): single/one-pointed

• सम्पन्नः (sampannaḥ): endowed with/possessed of

• सः (saḥ): he/that (Shiva)

• मे (me): my

• पापम् (pāpam): sin, demerit, impurity (mala)

• व्यपोहतु (vyapohatu): may he remove, dispel

• शिवोत्तमः (śivottamaḥ): Shiva the Supreme/most excellent

• महापूज्यः (mahāpūjyaḥ): greatly venerable, most worship-worthy

• शिव-ध्यान-परायणः (śiva-dhyāna-parāyaṇaḥ): wholly devoted to Shiva-meditation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva prayer/meditative assertion within the Linga Purana’s discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shifts emphasis from only external pūjā to inner worship (śiva-dhyāna), declaring that Shiva—most worthy of worship—destroys pāpa when the devotee becomes one-pointed in contemplation of him, which is central to Linga Purana’s bhakti-yoga synthesis.

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

Shiva is presented as Śivottama (the Supreme Pati), mahāpūjya (supremely worship-worthy), and the remover of pāpa—indicating his role as the liberating Lord who dissolves impurity and loosens pasha for the pashu (individual soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Śiva-dhyāna with eka-gratā (one-pointedness) is highlighted—an inward Pāśupata-aligned discipline where sustained meditation becomes a purifier and a means toward Shiva’s grace (anugraha).