Shloka 3
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhāvidhiḥ — Installation Standards and Auspicious Parameters for Liṅga Worship
यथेष्टं लिंगमारोप्यं यत्र स्यान्नित्यमर्चनम् । पार्थिवेन तथाप्येनं तैजसेन यथारुचि
yatheṣṭaṃ liṃgamāropyaṃ yatra syānnityamarcanam | pārthivena tathāpyenaṃ taijasena yathāruci
जशी इच्छा तसा शिवलिंग प्रतिष्ठापून जिथे नित्य पूजन होऊ शके, तिथे त्याचे नियमित अर्चन करावे—पार्थिव (मातीचे) लिंग किंवा तैजस (अग्निमय) रूप, यथाशक्ती व यथारुची।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Significance: Encourages nitya-arcana (daily worship) as stabilizing sādhana; the stress on a place suitable for regular worship aligns with household/temple continuity rather than one-time pilgrimage merit.
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It emphasizes nitya-arcanā—steady daily worship of Śiva through the Liṅga—showing that regular devotion, more than display, is a direct means to purity and grace (anugraha) leading toward liberation.
The Liṅga is a saguna support for approaching the transcendent Śiva; by installing it and worshiping daily, the devotee relates to Śiva in an accessible form while contemplating His higher, formless reality.
Install a Liṅga in a suitable place and perform daily archanā; worship may be done with a clay Liṅga (pārthiva) or with a taijasa (luminous/fire) mode of worship, supported by mantra-japa such as the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) according to one’s capacity.