Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 24

Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava

Adhyaya 104

Devanagari script

अंबायाः परमेशाय सर्वोपरिचराय ते मूलसूक्ष्मस्वरूपाय स्थूलसूक्ष्माय ते नमः

Transliteration

aṃbāyāḥ parameśāya sarvoparicarāya te mūlasūkṣmasvarūpāya sthūlasūkṣmāya te namaḥ

Translation

အမ္ဘာ (ရှက္တိ) ၏ အမြင့်ဆုံး အရှင်၊ သတ္တဝါအားလုံးက ဝန်ထမ်းပူဇော်သော သခင်အား နမော။ အမြစ်အကြောင်းရင်းဖြစ်သော အလွန်သိမ်မွေ့သဘောတရားအဖြစ် ရှိတော်မူ၍၊ ထူထဲသောအရာနှင့် သိမ်မွေ့သောအရာ နှစ်မျိုးလုံးဖြစ်တော်မူသော သခင်အား နမော။

Word by Word

• अंबायाः (aṃbāyāḥ): of Ambā (the Divine Mother/Śakti)

• परमेशाय (parameśāya): to the Supreme Lord

• सर्वोपरिचराय (sarvoparicarāya): to Him who is attended/served by all (or who moves among all, pervading all)

• ते (te): to You

• मूलसूक्ष्मस्वरूपाय (mūla-sūkṣma-svarūpāya): whose essential form is the root-causal subtlety

• स्थूलसूक्ष्माय (sthūla-sūkṣmāya): who is gross and subtle (immanent in both)

• नमः (namaḥ): salutation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn of praise within the Purva-Bhaga context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames the Liṅga as Shiva’s all-pervading presence—both manifest (gross) and unmanifest (subtle)—so worship is not merely of a symbol but of Pati who pervades every level of reality.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is praised as Parameśvara, the Lord of Śakti (Ambā), whose svarūpa is the causal subtle root (mūla-sūkṣma) while also being immanent as both sthūla and sūkṣma—transcendent and yet present in all tattvas.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A stuti-based upāsanā: contemplate Shiva as the root-cause and as gross/subtle immanence, aligning Pashu (the soul) toward Pati through devotion and inner meditation typical of Pāśupata-oriented Shiva worship.