Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 144

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

एकाक्षाय नमस्तुभ्यम् एकरुद्राय ते नमः नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं श्रीकण्ठाय शिखण्डिने

Transliteration

ekākṣāya namastubhyam ekarudrāya te namaḥ namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ śrīkaṇṭhāya śikhaṇḍine

Translation

Salutations to You, the One-Eyed; salutations to You, the One Rudra. Salutations to You who are the Three-Formed (as Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra). Salutations to Śrīkaṇṭha, the Auspicious-Throated One, and to the crested Lord who bears the peacock-feathered diadem.

Word by Word

• एकाक्षाय: to the One-Eyed (Lord Shiva)

• नमः: salutations

• तुभ्यम्: to You

• एकरुद्राय: to the One Rudra (the sole supreme Rudra)

• ते: to You/for You

• नमस्त्रिमूर्तये: salutations to the Tri-Mūrti-formed One

• त्रिमूर्तये: to the one of three forms

• श्रीकण्ठाय: to Śrīkaṇṭha (the auspicious-throated)

• शिखण्डिने: to the crested one, wearer of a plume/diadem (Shiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Trimurti

FAQs

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

It functions as a namaskāra-stuti: by saluting Shiva as the sole Rudra and the inner reality of the Trimūrti, the devotee recognizes the Linga as Pati (the Lord) beyond all forms, making worship non-sectarian yet Shaiva in siddhānta.

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

Shiva is praised as Eka-Rudra (the one supreme Lord) and also as Trimūrti (the source and indweller of creation, preservation, and dissolution), indicating that the apparent plurality of deities is upheld by one Pati-consciousness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Stuti and nāma-smaraṇa are highlighted as preparatory limbs of Linga-pūjā and Pāśupata orientation—purifying the pashu (soul) and loosening pāśa (bondage) through focused remembrance of Pati’s epithets.