Shloka 1

लिङ्गार्चनविधिक्रमः—शुद्धि, न्यास, आसनकल्पना, अभिषेक, स्तोत्र-प्रदक्षिणा

Adhyaya 27

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे पञ्चयज्ञविधानं नाम षड्विंशो ऽध्यायः शैलादिरुवाच वक्ष्यामि शृणु संक्षेपाल् लिङ्गार्चनाविधिक्रमम् वक्तुं वर्षशतेनापि न शक्यं विस्तरेण यत्

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge pañcayajñavidhānaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śailādiruvāca vakṣyāmi śṛṇu saṃkṣepāl liṅgārcanāvidhikramam vaktuṃ varṣaśatenāpi na śakyaṃ vistareṇa yat

Translation

Thus ends, in the Pūrvabhāga of the Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, the twenty-sixth chapter called “The Ordinance of the Five Sacrifices.” Śailādi said: “I shall declare—listen in brief—the ordered procedure of Liṅga-worship, for what cannot be fully spoken in detail even in a hundred years.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrīliṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrvabhāga)

• pañca-yajña-vidhānam: the ordinance/procedure of the five yajñas

• nāma: named

• ṣaḍviṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the twenty-sixth chapter

• śailādiḥ uvāca: Śailādi said

• vakṣyāmi: I shall explain

• śṛṇu: listen

• saṃkṣepāt: in brief/from a summary

• liṅga-arcana: worship of the Liṅga

• vidhi-kramaṃ: the method and sequence of rites

• vaktuṃ: to speak

• varṣa-śatena api: even with a hundred years

• na śakyaṃ: is not possible

• vistareṇa: in full detail

• yat: that which.

Speaker

Śailādi

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

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

It frames Liṅga-arcana as an immense, deeply layered sādhanā whose complete detail is inexhaustible, so the Purāṇa gives an authoritative condensed sequence for practice.

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

By implying that the Liṅga—Pati, the Lord beyond measure—cannot be exhausted by description; His worship is vast because Shiva-tattva transcends finite speech and time.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights liṅgārcana-vidhi-krama (the ordered rite of Linga worship); implicitly, it points to disciplined, methodical sādhanā aligned with Pāśupata orientation—Pashu approaching Pati through regulated worship.