Shloka 4

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

अस्यैकादशसाहस्रे ग्रन्थमानमिह द्विजाः तस्मात्संक्षेपतो वक्ष्ये न श्रुतं विस्तरेण यत्

Transliteration

asyaikādaśasāhasre granthamānamiha dvijāḥ tasmātsaṃkṣepato vakṣye na śrutaṃ vistareṇa yat

Translation

O twice-born sages, the measure of this scripture here is eleven thousand verses. Therefore I shall teach it in concise form—what has not been heard in full detail—so that the essential purport concerning Pati (Śiva) and the liberation of the paśu may be grasped without prolixity.

Word by Word

• asya: of this (Purāṇa)

• ekādaśa-sāhasre: in eleven thousand (verses)

• grantha-mānam: the textual measure/extent

• iha: here (in this work/tradition)

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (brāhmaṇa) sages

• tasmāt: therefore

• saṅkṣepataḥ: briefly, in summary

• vakṣye: I shall speak/expound

• na śrutam: what has not been heard

• vistareṇa: in detail, at length

• yat: that which

Speaker

Suta Goswami (Sūta) addressing the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

Characters & Entities

• Suta
• Naimisharanya sages

FAQs

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

It frames the Linga Purana as a deliberately condensed transmission: the narrator promises a saṅkṣepa that preserves the essential teaching about Śiva (Pati) and his worship, even when elaborate ritual detail is not recited.

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

By emphasizing the ‘essence over extension,’ it implies that Shiva-tattva is grasped through siddhānta—clear purport—rather than mere length of narration; the teaching aims at right understanding leading the paśu toward Śiva, the Pati.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No single rite is specified; the verse signals an instructional method—saṅkṣepa-upadeśa—through which later sections will present Linga-pūjā and Pāśupata-oriented disciplines in an accessible, essential form.