सैष देवो महादेवो लिङ्गमूर्तिर्व्यवस्थितः । अर्च्यते ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रैः सुरासुरजगद्गुरुः
saiṣa devo mahādevo liṅgamūrtirvyavasthitaḥ | arcyate brahmaviṣṇvindraiḥ surāsurajagadguruḥ
Ce Dieu même est Mahādeva, ici établi sous la forme du Liṅga. Il est vénéré par Brahmā, Viṣṇu et Indra — le maître des dieux, des asura et du monde entier.
Narmadā-devī (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas with liṅga-sthānas
Type: kshetra
Listener: A brāhmaṇa interlocutor (addressed later as dvijapuṅgava)
Scene: A radiant black-stone liṅga on a riverbank altar; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra offer flowers and water while sages witness; the river glows behind like a silver ribbon.
The Liṅga is affirmed as a supreme, universally worshipped manifestation of Śiva, worthy of reverence by all beings.
A Revā/Narmadā tīrtha where Śiva is ‘established as Liṅga’ (liṅgamūrti), central to the chapter’s māhātmya.
Liṅga-arcana (worship of the Śiva-liṅga), modeled even by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra.