Shloka 109

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

कोटिभास्करसंकाशं कोटिशीतांशुसन्निभम् कोटिकालाग्निसंकाशं षड्विंशकमनीश्वरम्

Transliteration

koṭibhāskarasaṃkāśaṃ koṭiśītāṃśusannibham koṭikālāgnisaṃkāśaṃ ṣaḍviṃśakamanīśvaram

Translation

അവൻ കോടി സൂര്യന്മാരെപ്പോലെ ദീപ്തൻ, കോടി ചന്ദ്രന്മാരെപ്പോലെ ശീതള-സാന്ത്വനദായകൻ, കോടി പ്രളയാഗ്നികളെപ്പോലെ ഉഗ്രൻ; എങ്കിലും അവൻ ഷഡ്വിംശ തത്ത്വങ്ങളെ അതിക്രമിച്ച, ആരുടെയും അധീനനല്ലാത്ത ഏകാദ്വിതീയ ഈശ്വരൻ.

Word by Word

• koṭi: ten million/crores

• bhāskara: sun

• saṃkāśam: resembling, having the radiance of

• koṭi-śītāṃśu: ten million moons (cool-rayed)

• sannibham: comparable to

• koṭi-kālāgni: ten million ‘time-fires’ (the fire of dissolution)

• ṣaḍviṃśakam: the twenty-six (tattvas/principles)

• anīśvaram: not having another īśvara over him, unrivalled/unsuperseded (supreme)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames the Linga as the sign of the Pati who contains opposites—heat (kālāgni) and cool grace (śītāṃśu)—guiding the devotee to worship not merely a form, but the transcendent Lord beyond all principles.

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

Shiva is portrayed as simultaneously luminous, soothing, and dissolving—yet untouched by limitation—standing beyond the tattva-framework; thus he is the independent Pati, while pashus (souls) remain bound by pasha (bondage) until liberated by his grace.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse supports Pashupata-oriented contemplation (dhyāna) on Shiva’s paradoxical attributes—cool compassion and fiery dissolution—used in Linga-pūjā to internalize detachment from tattvas and seek liberation through the Pati.