Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 97

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

नारायणाय शर्वाय ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मरूपिणे शाश्वताय ह्यनन्ताय अव्यक्ताय च ते नमः

Transliteration

nārāyaṇāya śarvāya brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇe śāśvatāya hyanantāya avyaktāya ca te namaḥ

Translation

နာရာယဏလည်း ဖြစ်တော်မူ၍၊ ရှရ்வ (ရှိဝ) လည်း ဖြစ်တော်မူ၍၊ ဗြဟ္မန်လည်း ဖြစ်တော်မူကာ ဗြဟ္မန်ရုပ်သဏ္ဍာန်တော်ကို ဆောင်တော်မူသော အရှင်တော်အား နမস্কာရ။ အမြဲတမ်းတည်မြဲသော၊ အဆုံးမရှိသော၊ မထင်ရှားသော (အဗျက္တ) အရှင်တော်အားလည်း နမস্কာရ—သင့်အား ကျွန်ုပ်၏ ဂုဏ်ပြုကန်တော့ခြင်း ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

• नारायणाय: to Nārāyaṇa (all-pervading Lord)

• शर्वाय: to Śarva (Shiva, the dissolver of evil)

• ब्रह्मणे: to Brahman/the Absolute

• ब्रह्मरूपिणे: whose form is Brahman (of the nature of pure consciousness)

• शाश्वताय: to the eternal

• हि: indeed/truly

• अनन्ताय: to the infinite/endless

• अव्यक्ताय: to the unmanifest (beyond sensory grasp)

• च: and

• ते: to You

• नमः: salutations

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional stuti within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva framework)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Brahman

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-upāsanā as worship of the one Pati who is simultaneously Śarva (Shiva), Nārāyaṇa, and Brahman—so the Linga is revered as the unmanifest, infinite Absolute made approachable for devotion.

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

Shiva-tattva is presented as śāśvata (eternal), ananta (limitless), and avyakta (unmanifest), indicating the supreme Pati beyond name-form, while also being the inner reality (brahmarūpin) of all deities and principles.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse primarily teaches mantra-like stuti and contemplative upāsanā: in Pāśupata-oriented meditation, the sādhaka fixes awareness on the avyakta, ananta Pati—loosening pāśa (bondage) upon the pashu (individual soul).