Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34

Adhyaya 52: सोमाधारः, पुण्योदानदी, मेरुप्रदक्षिणा, जम्बूद्वीपनववर्षवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

अनामया ह्यशोकाश् च सर्वे ते शिवभाविताः शुद्धसत्त्वाश् च हेमाभाः सदाराः प्लक्षभोजनाः

Transliteration

anāmayā hyaśokāś ca sarve te śivabhāvitāḥ śuddhasattvāś ca hemābhāḥ sadārāḥ plakṣabhojanāḥ

Translation

အမှန်တကယ်ပင် သူတို့အားလုံးသည် ရောဂါနှင့် ဝမ်းနည်းမှုကင်းစင်ကြပြီး၊ အားလုံးသည် သီဝ၏ သဘောတရားဖြင့် ပြည့်ဝနေကြ၏။ စတ္တဝသန့်ရှင်း၍ ရွှေရောင်ကဲ့သို့ တောက်ပကာ၊ ဇနီးမယားနှင့်အတူ နေထိုင်၍ ပလက္ခ (သန့်ရှင်းသော သဖန်း) ၏ အစာဖြင့် အသက်မွေးကြ၏။

Word by Word

• अनामयाः: free from illness

• हि: indeed

• अशोकाः: free from sorrow

• च: and

• सर्वे: all

• ते: they

• शिवभाविताः: infused/imbued with Śiva’s disposition (Śiva-bhāva)

• शुद्धसत्त्वाः: of purified sattva (lucid purity)

• च: and

• हेमाभाः: golden-lustrous, radiant like gold

• सदाराः: with wives/consorts (companioned)

• प्लक्षभोजनाः: those whose food is plakṣa (fig/sacred tree produce)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents the fruit of Śiva-oriented practice: the pashu (individual soul) becomes śiva-bhāvita—aligned with Pati (Śiva)—and attains a sorrowless, purified mode of being, which is the intended telos of Linga-upāsanā.

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

Śiva-tattva is shown as a transforming presence: contact with Śiva-bhāva yields freedom from duḥkha (aśoka), freedom from disease (anāmaya), and luminous purity (śuddha-sattva, hemābha), indicating Śiva as the purifier and illuminator of consciousness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

While no single rite is named, the verse implies sustained Śiva-bhāvanā (Śiva-contemplation) consistent with Pāśupata-oriented discipline—purifying the pashu from pasha and stabilizing sattva through devotion, worship, and yogic assimilation to Śiva.