Shloka 59
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhāvidhiḥ — Installation Standards and Auspicious Parameters for Liṅga Worship
दाहं दशाहं मास्यं वा सपिंडीकरणं तु वा । आब्दिकं वा शिवक्षेत्रे क्षेत्रे पिंडमथापि वा
dāhaṃ daśāhaṃ māsyaṃ vā sapiṃḍīkaraṇaṃ tu vā | ābdikaṃ vā śivakṣetre kṣetre piṃḍamathāpi vā
ദാഹകർമ്മം, ദശാഹം, മാസികകർമ്മം, സപിണ്ഡീകരണം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വാർഷിക ശ്രാദ്ധം—ഇവ ശിവക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ചെയ്താൽ, അവിടെ ചെയ്യുന്ന പിണ്ഡദാനവും ഫലപ്രദമാകുന്നു।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra) is praised as Śiva’s own kṣetra where rites for the departed (antyeṣṭi, śrāddha, piṇḍadāna) become exceptionally efficacious due to Śiva’s abiding presence and grace; the text frames the kṣetra itself as a salvific field for the bound soul.
Significance: Performance of antyeṣṭi/śrāddha and piṇḍadāna in Śiva-kṣetra is said to remove demerit and aid the departed toward auspicious gati; for the performer it accrues kṣetra-puṇya and Śiva’s anugraha.
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that rites for the departed—when done in a Śiva-kṣetra—gain heightened sacred potency, because Shiva as Pati sanctifies karma and supports the soul’s onward journey toward peace and liberation.
A Śiva-kṣetra is typically centered on Shiva’s saguna presence (often as a Liṅga); performing śrāddha and piṇḍa there links ancestral duty with devotion to Shiva, who is regarded as the ultimate purifier and bestower of auspiciousness.
It suggests performing śrāddha-related rites (daśāha, māsya, sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, ābdika, and piṇḍa-dāna) at a Shiva holy place; devotees may accompany the rite with Shiva-nāma or the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) for added sanctification.