Shloka 10

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

परमात्मा मुनिर्ब्रह्म नित्यबुद्धस्वभावतः विशुद्धो ऽयं तथा रुद्रः पुराणे शिव उच्यते

Transliteration

paramātmā munirbrahma nityabuddhasvabhāvataḥ viśuddho 'yaṃ tathā rudraḥ purāṇe śiva ucyate

Translation

वह परमात्मा है—मुनि और ब्रह्म भी। स्वभाव से नित्य-बुद्धि (शुद्ध चैतन्य) है, पूर्णतः विशुद्ध; इसलिए यह रुद्र पुराण में ‘शिव’ कहा गया है।

Word by Word

• परमात्मा: Supreme Self (Pati, the transcendent Lord)

• मुनिः: seer, sage (inner knower)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute

• नित्यबुद्धस्वभावतः: by nature eternally of the form of pure Awareness/Intelligence

• विशुद्धः: completely pure, stainless

• अयम्: this (very One)

• तथा: thus, indeed

• रुद्रः: Rudra (the fierce remover of sorrow)

• पुराणे: in the Purāṇa/traditional sacred narrative

• शिवः: Śiva (the auspicious, beneficent Lord)

• उच्यते: is said/called

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Brahman (Brahma-tattva)

FAQs

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

It defines the deity of Linga-pūjā as Śiva Himself—Paramātman and eternally pure Consciousness—so worship is directed to Pati beyond all limitation, not merely to a form.

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

Śiva is presented as Paramātman and Brahman, nitya-buddha (ever-conscious by nature) and viśuddha (unstained). This aligns with Shaiva Siddhanta’s emphasis on Pati as intrinsically pure and liberating.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse primarily teaches tattva-jñāna (right view) essential for Pāśupata Yoga: contemplation of Rudra-Śiva as the ever-pure Consciousness that frees the paśu (soul) from pāśa (bondage).