Shloka 48

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

सुदर्शनप्रदं देवं साक्षात्पूर्वोक्तलक्षणम् अर्चमानेन देवेन चार्चितं नेत्रपूजया

Transliteration

sudarśanapradaṃ devaṃ sākṣātpūrvoktalakṣaṇam arcamānena devena cārcitaṃ netrapūjayā

Translation

സുദർശനം പ്രസാദിക്കുന്ന, മുൻപറഞ്ഞ ലക്ഷണങ്ങളാൽ സാക്ഷാത് അടയാളപ്പെട്ട ആ ദേവനെ, പൂജകനായ ദേവൻ ‘നേത്ര-പൂജ’ വിധിയാൽ ആരാധിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• sudarśana-pradam: bestowing auspicious vision/true sight

• devam: the Deva (Lord)

• sākṣāt: directly, manifestly

• pūrvokta-lakṣaṇam: having the previously stated marks/characteristics

• arcamānena: by one who is performing arcana (ritual worship)

• devena: by the deity/divine worshipper

• ca: and

• arcitam: worshipped, honored

• netra-pūjayā: by Netra-pūjā, the ‘eye-rite’ (opening/consecrating the eyes in worship)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Netra-pūjā as a key consecratory act: worship is not merely external arcana, but a sanctifying ‘opening’ of divine vision so the devotee may receive Shiva’s sudarśana (auspicious, truth-revealing sight).

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

Shiva is presented as manifest (sākṣāt) and knowable through defined lakṣaṇas, yet his grace functions inwardly as sudarśana—right vision that turns the pashu toward Pati and weakens the pasha of ignorance.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Netra-pūjā (the eye-consecration rite) is emphasized; in Shaiva Siddhanta terms it aligns outer pūjā with inner darśana—purifying perception so devotion and knowledge move toward liberation.