Linga Purana 1.86.103 — Purva Bhaga, Adhyaya 86, Shloka 103

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

Devanagari script

तत्क्षयाद्धि भवेन्मुक्तिर् नान्यथा जन्मकोटिभिः ज्ञानमेकं विना नास्ति पुण्यपापपरिक्षयः

Transliteration

tatkṣayāddhi bhavenmuktir nānyathā janmakoṭibhiḥ jñānamekaṃ vinā nāsti puṇyapāpaparikṣayaḥ

Translation

ബന്ധനം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്ന കർമത്തിന്റെ പൂർണ്ണക്ഷയത്തിലൂടെയേ മോക്ഷം ഉണ്ടാകൂ; മറ്റെങ്ങനെക്കും അല്ല—കോടി ജന്മങ്ങളിലൂടെയും അല്ല. ഏക ജ്ഞാനം കൂടാതെ പുണ്യപാപങ്ങളുടെ അന്തിമക്ഷയം സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• तत्क्षयात्: from the destruction (of karma/bondage)

• हि: indeed

• भवेत्: arises/comes to be

• मुक्तिः: liberation

• न अन्यथा: not otherwise

• जन्मकोटिभिः: by crores of births (even over countless lifetimes)

• ज्ञानम्: spiritual knowledge

• एकम्: one, singular (non-dual saving insight)

• विना: without

• न अस्ति: there is not

• पुण्य: merit

• पाप: sin

• परिक्षयः: complete depletion, final exhaustion

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching contextually as Linga Purana doctrine)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It clarifies that external worship bears its highest fruit only when it culminates in jñāna—because moksha requires the exhaustion of pasha (bondage) as punya-papa are transcended through Shiva-realizing knowledge.

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

By implying that liberation is not a product of time or repeated birth but of jñāna, it points to Shiva as Pati—the revealer of liberating knowledge that burns karmic bonds and leads the pashu beyond dualities of merit and sin.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights jñāna-yoga within a Shaiva frame—Pashupata-oriented inner discipline where right knowledge (often supported by linga-puja, mantra, and vrata) is what finally dissolves karmic residue.