Shloka 16

Devanagari script

पादेन पार्थिवस्याग्नेस् तस्मादग्निस्तपत्यसौ प्रकाशोष्णस्वरूपे च सौराग्नेये तु तेजसी

Transliteration

pādena pārthivasyāgnes tasmādagnistapatyasau prakāśoṣṇasvarūpe ca saurāgneye tu tejasī

Translation

ഒരു പാദംകൊണ്ട് അഗ്നി പാർത്ഥിവതത്ത്വസംബന്ധിയാണ്; അതുകൊണ്ട് ഈ അഗ്നി നിശ്ചയമായി ദഹിക്കുന്നു. ഇതിന്റെ സ്വഭാവം പ്രകാശവും ഉഷ്ണതയും; സൗര-ആഗ്നേയ മേഖലകളിൽ ഇത് തേജസ്സായി പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• पादेन: by a quarter/one part

• पार्थिवस्य: of the earthly (element)

• अग्नेः: of Agni/fire

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that

• अग्निः: fire

• तपति: burns/heats

• असौ: this/that (indeed)

• प्रकाश-उष्ण-स्वरूपे: having the nature of light and heat

• च: and

• सौर-अग्नेये: in the solar and fiery (spheres/domains)

• तु: indeed/particularly

• तेजसी: radiance, brilliance (tejas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Surya

FAQs

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

It frames Agni as a tattvic power of light-heat (tejas), supporting the Shaiva view that external worship-fire and inner yogic heat are sanctified energies offered into the Linga as the presence of Pati (Shiva).

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

By highlighting prakāśa (luminosity) and tejas, it points toward Shiva as the supreme illuminator in whom elemental energies appear; Agni’s burning power is a limited manifestation of that higher, all-revealing consciousness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Agni-centered puja/homa and the yogic refinement of tejas (inner heat) are implied—disciplines that help the paśu (bound soul) loosen pāśa (bondage) by purifying the senses and mind toward Pati (Lord Shiva).