Shloka 144

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

ज्ञानं धर्मोद्भवं साक्षाज् ज्ञानाद् वैराग्यसंभवः वैराग्यात्परमं ज्ञानं परमार्थप्रकाशकम्

Transliteration

jñānaṃ dharmodbhavaṃ sākṣāj jñānād vairāgyasaṃbhavaḥ vairāgyātparamaṃ jñānaṃ paramārthaprakāśakam

Translation

Erkenntnis entspringt unmittelbar aus dem Dharma; aus Erkenntnis wird Vairāgya, die Loslösung, geboren. Aus Loslösung erwächst das höchste Wissen, das die höchste Wahrheit erleuchtet—und den paśu (die gebundene Seele) zum Pati (Śiva) führt, indem es die Fesseln (pāśa) lockert.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam): spiritual knowledge

• धर्मोद्भवम् (dharmodbhavam): arising from dharma/right conduct

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt): directly/manifestly

• ज्ञानात् (jñānāt): from knowledge

• वैराग्य-सम्भवः (vairāgya-saṃbhavaḥ): the arising of dispassion/non-attachment

• वैराग्यात् (vairāgyāt): from dispassion

• परम् (param): supreme/highest

• ज्ञानम् (jñānam): knowledge/gnosis

• परमार्थ-प्रकाशकम् (paramārtha-prakāśakam): that which reveals the highest reality

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching tradition within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga worship as a dharmic discipline that matures into jñāna and vairāgya, culminating in parama-jñāna—inner illumination that makes devotion to Shiva transformative rather than merely external.

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

By pointing to “paramārtha-prakāśa” (the revelation of the highest truth), it implies Shiva as the supreme Light/Reality (Pati) known through ripened knowledge born of dispassion.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It highlights the Pāśupata-oriented progression: dharma (regulated conduct and worship) → jñāna (discernment) → vairāgya (detachment) → parama-jñāna (liberating realization).