Shloka 44

Brahmā–Viṣṇu-Pūjā: Upacāra-Vistāra and Īśvara’s Prasāda

Offerings in Shiva Worship and the Lord’s Grace

Devanagari script

यत्रप्रतिष्ठितं येन मदीयं लिंगमीदृशम् । तत्र प्रतिष्ठितः सोहमप्रतिष्ठोपि वत्सकौ

Transliteration

yatrapratiṣṭhitaṃ yena madīyaṃ liṃgamīdṛśam | tatra pratiṣṭhitaḥ sohamapratiṣṭhopi vatsakau

Translation

Wherever this My Liṅga—of this very form—has been installed by anyone, there indeed I am established. Even though, in truth, I am beyond all installation, O dear children.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• pratiṣṭhitam: installed
• pratiṣṭhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-ti-sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘established/installed’

• yena: by whom
• yena: Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; pronoun

• madīyam: my
• madīyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; possessive adjective

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• īdṛśam: such as this
• īdṛśam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: (I am) established/present
• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: Vidheyapada (विधेयपद)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-ti-sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used predicatively for ‘I’

• saḥ: he / that (one)
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Singular; pronoun

• apratiṣṭhaḥ: unestablished (otherwise)
• apratiṣṭhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + pratiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; negative adjective ‘without fixed abode/installation’

• api: even / also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• vatsakau: O dear children (you two)
• vatsakau: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Dual

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General sthala-purāṇa principle: wherever Śiva’s liṅga is properly installed, that place becomes a kṣetra due to Śiva’s gracious localization—despite His transcendence beyond space and installation.

Significance: Sanctifies consecration (pratiṣṭhā) as a means for devotees to access the transcendent Lord in a definite place; supports temple theology and tīrtha-making.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that Śiva, though transcendent and beyond limitation, graciously abides where His Liṅga is ritually installed—making divine presence accessible to devotees through consecrated worship.

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

It affirms the Liṅga as a Saguna support for devotion: the formless Lord accepts a worshipful ‘seat’ through pratishṭhā, so the devotee can approach Him with pūjā, abhiṣeka, and mantra.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and regular Liṅga-pūjā—especially abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (notably the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—as a steady practice to invoke Śiva’s abiding presence.