Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 57

लिङ्ग-बेर-प्रतिष्ठाविधिः / The Procedure for Installing the Liṅga and the Bera

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Devanagari script

न्यस्य पद्मांतरे सर्वं शेषं पूर्ववदाचरेत् । अत्यंतोपहतं लिंगं विशोध्य स्थापयेत्पुनः

Transliteration

nyasya padmāṃtare sarvaṃ śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret | atyaṃtopahataṃ liṃgaṃ viśodhya sthāpayetpunaḥ

Translation

Après avoir tout déposé au sein du diagramme de lotus (padma), qu’on accomplisse le reste des rites exactement comme auparavant. Si le Liṅga a été gravement endommagé, qu’on le purifie avec soin, puis qu’on le réinstalle.

Word by Word

• न्यस्य: having placed
• न्यस्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√अस्/न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having placed’

• पद्म-अन्तरे: in the interior of the lotus
• पद्म-अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘पद्मस्य अन्तरे’)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (शेषम्)

• शेषम्: the remainder
• शेषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• पूर्ववत्: as before
• पूर्ववत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्ववत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘as before’)

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अत्यन्त-उपहतम्: very much damaged
• अत्यन्त-उपहतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्यन्त (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + उपहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘अत्यन्तं उपहतम्’) विशेषण (लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• विशोध्य: having purified
• विशोध्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√शुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having purified/cleansed’

• स्थापयेत्: should स्थापित/establish
• स्थापयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative: ‘cause to be placed/establish’)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: ‘again’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that sacred worship must be grounded in purity and correct procedure: when the symbol of Pati (Śiva) is impaired, the devotee restores sanctity through purification and proper re-establishment, reaffirming steady bhakti and reverence.

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

The Liṅga is treated as the consecrated focus for Saguna worship; if it becomes damaged, the text prescribes cleansing and reinstallation so the devotee’s offerings remain properly directed to Śiva through a ritually fit support.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It indicates a padma-maṇḍala (lotus-diagram) placement/nyāsa and then completing the remaining rites “as before,” with a specific instruction to purify (viśodhana) and perform re-pratiṣṭhā (reinstallation) if the Liṅga is badly damaged.