Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 125
Merit of Causeways and Crossings, Temple Construction Rewards, and the Rudrākṣa Mahātmya
गोष्ठे चतुष्पथागारे विष्णोर्मंत्रं शिवस्य च । गणपतेश्च सूरस्य लिंगेनंतफलं लभेत्
goṣṭhe catuṣpathāgāre viṣṇormaṃtraṃ śivasya ca | gaṇapateśca sūrasya liṃgenaṃtaphalaṃ labhet
गौशाला में और चौराहे के धर्मशाला-गृह में, जो विष्णु, शिव, गणपति और सूर्य के (चिह्न/लिंग) की स्थापना करता है, वह उनके मंत्र-जप का पूर्ण, अनंत फल प्राप्त करता है।
Not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within Adhyaya 59).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: city
Sandhi Resolution Notes: catuṣpathāgāre → catuṣpatha-āgāre; viṣṇormaṃtraṃ → viṣṇoḥ + mantram; gaṇapateśca → gaṇapateḥ + ca; liṃgenaṃtaphalaṃ → liṅgena + anta-phalam (पाठभेद/लिप्यन्तरदोष सम्भवः: ‘liṅgenāntaphalaṃ’).
FAQs
It highlights everyday public or communal spaces—specifically a cowshed (goṣṭha) and a shelter at a four-way crossroads (catuṣpathāgāra)—as places where devotional installation can yield great religious merit.
It presents a harmonizing frame: by establishing appropriate emblems/marks (liṅga) connected to worship, one gains the full fruit associated with the mantras of Viṣṇu, Śiva, Gaṇapati, and Sūrya.
The verse implies that sanctifying shared spaces and supporting public religious presence (through symbols/markers) is meritorious, extending devotion beyond private ritual into community life.