Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 84

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

नाग इत्येव कथिता वायवश् च चतुर्दश यश्चक्षुःष्वथ द्रष्टव्ये तथादित्ये च सुव्रताः

Transliteration

nāga ityeva kathitā vāyavaś ca caturdaśa yaścakṣuḥṣvatha draṣṭavye tathāditye ca suvratāḥ

Translation

彼らはまさしくナーガ（Nāga）と宣言され、またヴァーヤヴァ（Vāyava）は十四であると言われる。眼と見るという働きを司る者たち、さらにアーディティヤ（Āditya、太陽の原理）に結びつく者たちもまた、皆、清浄なる聖なる誓戒に堅く住する。

Word by Word

• नाग (nāga): Nāga-class beings/serpentine divinities

• इति एव (iti eva): thus indeed

• कथिता (kathitā): are said/declared

• वायवः (vāyavaḥ): wind-deities/forces of prāṇa

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa): fourteen

• यः (yaḥ): those who

• चक्षुषु (cakṣuṣu): in the eyes

• अथ (atha): then/also

• द्रष्टव्ये (draṣṭavye): in the object/field of seeing, in the act of perception

• तथा (tathā): likewise

• आदित्ये (āditye): in/connected with the Sun, solar principle

• च (ca): and

• सुव्रताः (suvratāḥ): of good vows, disciplined/observant.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; contextual)

Characters & Entities

• Nāga
• Vāyu/Vāyavas
• Āditya (Solar deity/principle)

FAQs

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

It frames the cosmos—including sense-powers like sight—as governed by vowed divine forces; in Linga-puja, the devotee offers these functions back to Shiva (Pati), recognizing Him as the inner ruler beyond all presiding deities.

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

By listing Nāgas, Vāyavas, and the solar principle as ordered and vow-bound, the verse implies a higher sovereignty that coordinates them—Shiva-tattva as the transcendent Pati in whom all cosmic functions find their ground and regulation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses), especially disciplining sight and attention; in a Shaiva-Pāśupata sense, perception is purified by offering the act of seeing to Shiva during japa, dhyāna, and Linga-archana.