Shloka 24

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship

Devanagari script

भूर्भूवःस्वर्महर्लोकान् क्रमाद् वै जनतः परम् तपः सत्यं पराक्रम्य भासयन् स्वेन तेजसा

Transliteration

bhūrbhūvaḥsvarmaharlokān kramād vai janataḥ param tapaḥ satyaṃ parākramya bhāsayan svena tejasā

Translation

ブーフ、ブヴァフ、スヴァフ、マハルの諸界を क्रमに超え、さらにジャナス、タパス、サティヤをも凌駕して、至上のパティは自らの本有のテージャスによって万有を照らし出す—それは主権の光輝である。

Word by Word

• भूः: Bhū-loka (earth-plane)

• भुवः: Bhuvar-loka (mid-region)

• स्वः: Svar-loka (heaven)

• महर्लोकान्: Mahar-loka (great world)

• क्रमात्: in sequence/step by step

• वै: indeed

• जनतः परम्: beyond Janas-loka

• तपः: Tapas-loka

• सत्यम्: Satya-loka (Brahma-loka)

• पराक्रम्य: having overstepped/transcended

• भासयन्: shining/illumining

• स्वेन: by His own

• तेजसा: radiance, spiritual brilliance (tejas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the transcendent glory of Shiva as Pati)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as the limitless, self-luminous Reality beyond all lokas; Linga worship thus becomes contemplation of the Supreme Pati whose jyoti pervades and surpasses the cosmos.

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

Shiva is presented as svatejas—self-established light—transcending even the highest cosmic realms, indicating His status as Pati beyond conditioned existence and all gradations of manifested worlds.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A meditative Pashupata-oriented contemplation is implied: withdrawing awareness from lower to higher planes and finally resting in Shiva’s self-effulgent tejas beyond loka-identities.