Shloka 25

Liṅga–Bera Pūjā: Nitya-Arcana and Upacāras as an Accessible Sādhana (लिङ्गबेरपूजा-विधानम्)

Devanagari script

शिवस्य च तदन्येषां विभज्य परमार्थतः । तस्मात्तदेव परमं लिंगबेरादिसंभवम्

Transliteration

śivasya ca tadanyeṣāṃ vibhajya paramārthataḥ | tasmāttadeva paramaṃ liṃgaberādisaṃbhavam

Translation

Having truly discerned, in the highest sense, the distinction between Śiva and all that is other than Him, one knows that That alone is the Supreme—He from whom the Liṅga, the Bera-forms, and all else arise.

Word by Word

• śivasya: of Śiva
• śivasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; (masc gen sg)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tad-anyēṣām: of those others
• tad-anyēṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तद्-विशिष्टानाम् अन्येषाम्: 'of those others'); (masc gen pl)

• vibhajya: having distinguished/divided
• vibhajya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+√bhaj (भज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having divided/distinguished'

• paramārthataḥ: in ultimate truth
• paramārthataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paramārthatas (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'in truth/from the highest standpoint'

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोग (indeclinable ablative used adverbially): 'therefore/from that'

• tad: that
• tad: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

• liṅga-bera-ādi-saṃbhavam: arising as liṅga, bera, etc.
• liṅga-bera-ādi-saṃbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + bera (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सम्बन्ध: लिङ्ग-बेर-आदि-सम्बन्धि सम्भवम् = 'arising as liṅga, bera, etc.'); (neuter nom/acc sg)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

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

It teaches paramārtha-viveka (ultimate discernment): realizing Śiva (Pati) as the Supreme Reality distinct from all finite categories, and understanding that even sacred supports of worship arise from Him.

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

It frames the Liṅga and other worshipful icon-forms (bera) as manifestations that originate from the Supreme Śiva—Saguna supports that lead the devotee toward realization of the transcendent (Nirguna) truth of Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice steady Liṅga-upāsanā with inner viveka: worship the Liṅga as Śiva’s supreme sign while contemplating that all forms are supports leading to the one Supreme Śiva beyond all otherness.