Shloka 23
Liṅga–Bera Pūjā: Nitya-Arcana and Upacāras as an Accessible Sādhana (लिङ्गबेरपूजा-विधानम्)
बेरमात्रं च पूजायां संमतं वेदनिर्णये । स्वाविर्भावे च देवानां सकलं रूपमेव हि
beramātraṃ ca pūjāyāṃ saṃmataṃ vedanirṇaye | svāvirbhāve ca devānāṃ sakalaṃ rūpameva hi
Dalam pemujaan, menurut keputusan muktamad Veda, hanya Bera—arca yang telah ditahbiskan—yang diperkenankan. Sesungguhnya, apabila para dewa menzahirkan diri dengan kehendak sendiri, mereka tampil sebagai rupa Sakala yang lengkap dan sempurna.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It affirms that devotional worship (pūjā) is properly directed to an authorized, consecrated sacred form, while also teaching that divine reality can reveal itself directly as a complete, graspable manifestation—supporting disciplined bhakti alongside God’s freedom to appear.
It supports saguna-oriented worship through an approved arcā/bera (including liṅga worship in Shaiva practice), while acknowledging that when divinity self-manifests, it does so as a sakala form—accessible to devotees through attributes, presence, and grace.
Perform pūjā to a properly consecrated Shiva form (liṅga or arcā) with scripturally aligned discipline; meditate on Shiva as both the worshiped manifest presence (sakala) and the transcendent reality beyond form, repeating the Panchakshara mantra as the inner support.