Shloka 116
Vyāsotpatti-kathana
Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa
प्रातरुत्थाय सुस्नातो लिंगमभ्यर्च्य शांकरम् । वर्षं पठन्निदं स्तोत्रं मूर्खोऽपि स्याद्बृहस्पतिः
prātarutthāya susnāto liṃgamabhyarcya śāṃkaram | varṣaṃ paṭhannidaṃ stotraṃ mūrkho'pi syādbṛhaspatiḥ
पहाटे उठून, नीट स्नान करून आणि शंकरांच्या लिंगाची पूजा करून जो एक वर्ष हे स्तोत्र पठण करतो, तो मूर्खही बृहस्पतीसारखा बुद्धिमान होतो।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: General liṅga-upāsanā instruction: morning purity (snāna), liṅga-arcana, and year-long stotra-pāṭha culminating in heightened buddhi. It reflects the Purāṇic ethic that disciplined worship draws Śiva’s prasāda.
Significance: Emphasizes nitya-sādhana over place: daily worship at a liṅga (home shrine or temple) becomes a sustained pilgrimage producing transformation of intellect (buddhi) and learning (vidyā).
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that steady, purified, daily devotion to Śiva—expressed through Liṅga worship and disciplined stotra-recitation—refines the intellect and awakens sāttvika understanding, turning ignorance into wisdom by Śiva’s grace.
The Liṅga is the accessible Saguna focus through which the devotee concentrates mind and devotion; worshipping it with purity and repetition (stotra) stabilizes attention and makes the inner faculties fit to receive Śiva’s enlightening power.
A morning sādhana: rise early, bathe (śauca), perform Liṅga-pūjā/archana, and recite the specified stotra daily for a year as a vrata-like discipline; it can be supported by mantra-japa (e.g., Pañcākṣarī) though not explicitly stated in this line.