Shloka 18

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

काञ्चनेन विमानेन किङ्किणीजालमालिना गत्वा शिवपुरं दिव्यं तत्रैव स विमुच्यते

Transliteration

kāñcanena vimānena kiṅkiṇījālamālinā gatvā śivapuraṃ divyaṃ tatraiva sa vimucyate

Translation

Monté sur un char céleste d’or, orné de filets de clochettes tintantes, il se rend à la cité resplendissante de Śiva ; et là même il est délivré : sa nature de paśu (pāśu) est affranchie des liens (pāśa) par la grâce de Pati, le Seigneur Śiva.

Word by Word

• काञ्चनेन (kāñcanena): with golden

• विमानेन (vimānena): by a celestial chariot/aerial car

• किङ्किणी (kiṅkiṇī): small bells

• जाल (jāla): net/lattice

• मालिना (mālinā): adorned/garlanded with

• गत्वा (gatvā): having gone

• शिवपुरम् (śivapuram): Śiva’s city/abode

• दिव्यम् (divyam): divine, radiant

• तत्रैव (tatraiva): there itself

• सः (saḥ): he

• विमुच्यते (vimucyate): is liberated/released.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phala-śruti to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It functions as a phala-śruti: steadfast devotion connected to Śiva (often through liṅga-centered worship) culminates in reaching Śiva’s abode and attaining release from bondage.

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

Śiva is implied as Pati—the liberating Lord—whose realm is “divya,” and whose grace severs pāśa (bondage) so the pashu (soul) becomes vimukta (freed).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights the end-fruit of Śiva-bhakti (devotional observance and liṅga-pūjā implied in the surrounding phala-śruti context): attainment of Śiva-loka and mokṣa rather than a specific technique of āsana or prāṇāyāma.