Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 136

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

असुहृत्सर्वभूतानां निश्चलश्चलविद्बुधः अमोघः संयमो हृष्टो भोजनः प्राणधारणः

Transliteration

asuhṛtsarvabhūtānāṃ niścalaścalavidbudhaḥ amoghaḥ saṃyamo hṛṣṭo bhojanaḥ prāṇadhāraṇaḥ

Translation

ရှီဝသည် သတ္တဝါအားလုံး၏ ကောင်းကျိုးလိုလားသူ (Asuhṛt) ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏။ ကိုယ်တော်သည် မလှုပ်မယှက် (Niścala) သော်လည်း လှုပ်ရှားသမျှကို သိမြင်သူ (Cala-vid) ပညာရှိ (Budha) ဖြစ်၏။ ကိုယ်တော်သည် အမိုးဃ (Amogha) မဖျက်မပျက်; စံယမ (Saṃyama) အလိုထိန်းချုပ်မှုတည်း; အမြဲပျော်ရွှင်သူ (Hṛṣṭa) ဖြစ်၏။ ကိုယ်တော်သည် အာဟာရ (Bhojana) ဖြစ်ပြီး ပရాణကို ထိန်းသိမ်းသူ (Prāṇa-dhāraṇa)—paśu အားလုံး၏ ပရాణကို ထောက်ပံ့သော ပတိ ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• असुहृत्: well-wisher

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings

• निश्चलः: unmoving/steady (transcendent)

• चलविद्: knower of the moving (all changeful beings)

• बुधः: wise/awakened

• अमोघः: unfailing/infallible

• संयमः: restraint, disciplined control (yogic saṁyama)

• हृष्टः: delighted, blissful

• भोजनः: nourishment, the giver/essence of food

• प्राणधारणः: sustainer of prāṇa, supporter of the life-breath

Speaker

Suta Goswami (reciting Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames the Linga as the sign of the transcendent Pati—steady and unmoving—who nevertheless sustains and governs all moving life through prāṇa, making Linga-puja a practice of aligning the pashu with that steadiness.

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

Shiva is presented as both niścala (unchanging, beyond prakṛti) and cala-vid (fully knowing the changing world), the infallible wise Lord whose bliss and discipline (saṃyama) are intrinsic, and who upholds the life-force of all beings.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Saṃyama (yogic restraint and collectedness) is implied as a Pāśupata-aligned discipline: by controlling senses and prāṇa, the bound soul (pashu) turns toward the sustaining Lord (Pati) revealed through the Linga.