Shloka 58

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhāvidhiḥ — Installation Standards and Auspicious Parameters for Liṅga Worship

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा तथा दत्त्वा जपित्वा हि शिवं व्रजेत् । शिवक्षेत्रं समाश्रित्य वसेदामरणं तथा

Transliteration

tatra snātvā tathā dattvā japitvā hi śivaṃ vrajet | śivakṣetraṃ samāśritya vasedāmaraṇaṃ tathā

Translation

അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, വിധിപൂർവ്വം ദാനം നൽകി, ജപം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച് ഭക്തൻ നിശ്ചയമായി ശിവനെ പ്രാപിക്കണം. ശിവക്ഷേത്രത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് അവിടെ തന്നെ വസിച്ച്—മരണാതീതമായ അമൃതത്വം നേടണം.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): पूर्वक्रिया

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (thus/likewise)

• दत्त्वा: having given (donated)
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive): पूर्वक्रिया

• जपित्वा: having recited (japa)
• जपित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु) → जपित्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive): पूर्वक्रिया

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शिव-क्षेत्रम्: Śiva’s sacred region
• शिव-क्षेत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवस्य क्षेत्रम्)

• सम्-आश्रित्य: having taken refuge in
• सम्-आश्रित्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त) अव्ययकृदन्त: ‘having resorted to/taken refuge in’

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• आ-मरणम्: until death
• आ-मरणम्: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: आ + मरणम् = ‘मरणपर्यन्तम्’; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (until death)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (thus/so)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: In Kāśī’s Śiva-kṣetra, the integrated triad of practices—snāna (purification), dāna (merit/ethical purification), and japa (Godward interiorization)—culminates in ‘going to Śiva’ (śivaṃ vrajet), i.e., attaining Śiva-sāyujya/Śiva-loka by His grace.

Significance: Frames a complete sādhana within the kṣetra: bodily purification, social-ethical offering, and mantra-discipline; residence (samāśraya) is portrayed as a sustained means to transcend death (āmaraṇa).

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that pilgrimage becomes spiritually complete when joined with purification (snāna), selfless giving (dāna), and mantra-repetition (japa), culminating in taking refuge in Śiva—leading toward liberation described as freedom from death.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Śiva-kṣetra implies a consecrated space centered on Śiva’s presence—typically through the Liṅga. Bathing, offering gifts, and japa are standard supports for Saguna worship that mature devotion into surrender to Śiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A combined sādhana: sacred bath at a Śiva-tīrtha, charitable giving, and steady mantra-japa (classically the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), followed by abiding in a Śiva-kṣetra with a life oriented to worship and remembrance.