Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56

अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना

Devanagari script

मात्रापादो रुद्रलोको ह्य् अमात्रं तु शिवं पदम् एवं ज्ञानविशेषेण तत्पदं समुपास्यते

Transliteration

mātrāpādo rudraloko hy amātraṃ tu śivaṃ padam evaṃ jñānaviśeṣeṇa tatpadaṃ samupāsyate

Translation

ရုဒြလောက (Rudra-loka) သည် မာတြာဖြင့် ဖွဲ့စည်းထားသော ပဒါ (pāda) ဖြစ်သည်—တိုင်းတာနိုင်သော သံယူနစ်များဖြစ်၏။ သို့သော် ရှိဝ၏ အမြင့်ဆုံး အခြေအနေမှာ အမာတြာ (Amātra) ဖြစ်၍ တိုင်းတာမှုနှင့် အသံထုတ်ဖော်မှုကို ကျော်လွန်သည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ခွဲခြားသိမြင်သော ဉာဏ်အထူး (jñāna-viśeṣa) ဖြင့် ထိုအမြင့်ဆုံး ပဒါကို တည်ကြည်စွာ စိတ်ကူးဆင်ခြင်၍ ပူဇော်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• मात्रा-पादः: a quarter/pāda made of mātrās (measurable units, syllabic measures)

• रुद्र-लोकः: Rudra’s world/realm

• हि: indeed

• अमात्रम्: beyond mātrā, measureless, unutterable

• तु: but

• शिवम्: auspicious, Śiva

• पदम्: state, abode, supreme station

• एवम्: thus

• ज्ञान-विशेषेण: by a specific/discriminative knowledge

• तत्-पदम्: that supreme state

• समुपास्यते: is to be worshipped/meditated upon with full attention

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra

FAQs

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

It shifts worship from only external, measurable forms (mantra, mātrā, ritual) to inner upāsanā of Śiva’s Amātra-pada—indicating that the Linga ultimately points to the transcendent Pati beyond all measures.

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

Śiva-tattva is presented as Amātra—beyond sound-measure, beyond conceptual limitation—while Rudra-loka remains within the domain of mātrā (articulated, measurable manifestation).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A jñāna-viśeṣa-based upāsanā: discriminative contemplation that transcends mantra-measure (mātrā) and abides in the formless, measureless Śiva-pada—aligned with Pāśupata-oriented inner meditation for cutting Pāśa (bondage) from the Pashu.