Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

सत्यवादी जितक्रोधः शालिगोधूमगोरसैः पक्षयोरष्टमीं यत्नाद् उपवासेन वर्तयेत्

Transliteration

satyavādī jitakrodhaḥ śāligodhūmagorasaiḥ pakṣayoraṣṭamīṃ yatnād upavāsena vartayet

Translation

भक्त सत्यवादी हो, क्रोध को जीत चुका हो, और शालि-धान्य, गेहूँ तथा गो-रस (दुग्धादि) से ही निर्वाह करते हुए—दोनों पक्षों की अष्टमी को यत्नपूर्वक उपवास से बिताए।

Word by Word

• सत्यवादी: truth-speaking, devoted to सत्य

• जितक्रोधः: one who has conquered anger

• शालि: rice

• गोधूम: wheat

• गोरसैः: with cow-products (milk, curd, ghee etc.)

• पक्षयोः: in both fortnights (waxing and waning)

• अष्टमीम्: the eighth lunar day

• यत्नात्: with effort, carefully

• उपवासेन: by fasting/abstinence

• वर्तयेत्: should observe, should conduct (the vow)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating vrata-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It prescribes ethical purity (truthfulness, anger-control) and a regulated Aṣṭamī fast as preparatory discipline that makes Linga-pūjā efficacious and receptive to Śiva’s anugraha.

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

Śiva is implied as Pati—the Lord who responds to inner purification; the verse frames liberation not as mere ritual, but as grace accessed through sattvic restraint that loosens pāśa around the paśu.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Aṣṭamī-upavāsa observed in both fortnights, supported by limited sāttvika intake (rice, wheat, cow-products) and paired with yama-like disciplines—satya and krodha-jaya—aligned with Pāśupata-oriented self-control.