Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 148

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

ते सुखप्रीतिबहुला बहिरन्तश् च संवृताः प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश् च ऊर्ध्वस्रोतोभवाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

te sukhaprītibahulā bahirantaś ca saṃvṛtāḥ prakāśā bahirantaś ca ūrdhvasrotobhavāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

သူတို့သည် ချမ်းသာပျော်ရွှင်မှုနှင့် ပီတိအလွန်များ၏။ အတွင်းအပြင် တိတ်ဆိတ်၍ ကိုယ်တိုင်ပိတ်ကာထားသော်လည်း အတွင်းအပြင် ထွန်းလင်းတောက်ပ၏။ ထိုသူတို့ကို ဥဓ္ဝ-သ္ရောတသ (ūrdhva-srotas) အထက်သို့ စီးဆင်းသော သတ္တဝါများဟု မှတ်သားကြပြီး၊ ပတိ (Pati) ထံသို့ တက်လှမ်းကာ ပာရှ (pāśa) ချည်နှောင်မှုမှ လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်းသို့ ဦးတည်ကြ၏။

Word by Word

• ते (te): they

• सुख-प्रिति-बहुलाः (sukha-prīti-bahulāḥ): abundant in happiness and affectionate joy

• बहिर्-अन्तश् (bahir-antaś): externally and internally

• च (ca): and

• संवृताः (saṃvṛtāḥ): enclosed, self-contained, covered/veiled

• प्रकाशाः (prakāśāḥ): luminous, radiant

• ऊर्ध्व-स्रोतः-भवाः (ūrdhva-srotobhavāḥ): those whose flow/current is upward, tending to ascent

• स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ): are remembered/declared.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana tradition to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-oriented spirituality as an inner ascent (ūrdhva-srotas): the devotee turns the life-current upward toward Shiva (Pati), moving from bondage (pāśa) to luminosity (prakāśa) through disciplined, self-contained practice.

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

By highlighting prakāśa (radiance) and the upward tendency, it implies Shiva-tattva as the luminous pole drawing the pashu upward—awakening inner light while transcending the coverings that bind embodied existence.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It points to yogic sublimation—raising the inner current upward (ūrdhva-srotas), consistent with Pashupata-oriented discipline: restraint, inwardness, and directing awareness toward Shiva as the liberating Pati.