Shloka 4

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhāvidhiḥ — Installation Standards and Auspicious Parameters for Liṅga Worship

Devanagari script

कल्पलक्षणसंयुक्तं लिंगं पूजाफलं लभेत् । सर्वलक्षणसंयुक्तं सद्यः पूजाफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

kalpalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ liṃgaṃ pūjāphalaṃ labhet | sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ sadyaḥ pūjāphalapradam

Translation

Wer einen Śiva-Liṅga verehrt, der mit den in den Schriften vorgeschriebenen Merkmalen versehen ist, erlangt die Frucht der Verehrung. Doch ein Liṅga, der alle glückverheißenden Zeichen in sich vereint, schenkt die Frucht der Pūjā sogleich.

Word by Word

• कल्प-लक्षण-संयुक्तम्: endowed with the prescribed characteristics
• कल्प-लक्षण-संयुक्तम्: विशेषण (Adjective of लिङ्गम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (निर्देश/सम्बन्ध); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कल्पलक्षणैः संयुक्तम्’

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पूजा-फलम्: fruit of worship
• पूजा-फलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पूजायाः फलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सर्व-लक्षण-संयुक्तम्: endowed with all characteristics
• सर्व-लक्षण-संयुक्तम्: विशेषण (Adjective of लिङ्गम्/implicit)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सर्वलक्षणैः संयुक्तम्’

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: विशेषण (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• पूजा-फल-प्रदम्: granting the fruit of worship
• पूजा-फल-प्रदम्: विधेय (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; √दा/प्रदा-समर्थ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध: पूजाफलं प्रददाति इति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Teaches that liṅga selection/formation with proper lakṣaṇas enhances efficacy of worship; ‘immediate fruit’ indicates heightened receptivity to grace when form and rite align with śāstra.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that devotion expressed through correctly constituted liṅga-worship bears definite spiritual merit, and that greater completeness in auspicious marks (as per śāstra) makes the worship more spiritually efficacious—yielding quicker results by Śiva’s grace.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The liṅga is the central saguna support for approaching the nirguṇa-tattva of Śiva; when the worship-support is aligned with scriptural lakṣaṇas, the devotee’s bhakti and ritual precision harmonize, enabling faster bestowal of pūjā-phala.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies performing liṅga-pūjā according to śāstric injunctions—using proper form, purity, and method—often accompanied by mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and focused meditation on Śiva as Pati, the bestower of grace.