Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 166

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

चण्डिकेश्वरकं देवि चण्डिकेशा तवात्मजा चण्डिकानिर्मितं स्थानम् अंबिकातीर्थम् उत्तमम्

Transliteration

caṇḍikeśvarakaṃ devi caṇḍikeśā tavātmajā caṇḍikānirmitaṃ sthānam aṃbikātīrtham uttamam

Translation

အို မယ်တော်၊ ဤနေရာသည် ခဏ္ဍိကေရှ္ဝရက (Caṇḍikeśvaraka) ဖြစ်သည်။ ခဏ္ဍိကေရှာ (Caṇḍikeśā) သည် သင်၏ သမီးတော်ပင် ဖြစ်၏။ ခဏ္ဍိကာ (Caṇḍikā) တည်ထောင်ထားသော ဤသန့်ရှင်းရာဌာနသည် အမြင့်မြတ်ဆုံး အမ္ဗိကာ-တီရ္ထ (Ambikā-Tīrtha) ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• चण्डिकेश्वरकम्: Caṇḍikeśvaraka (a Śiva/ Liṅga shrine)

• देवि: O Goddess

• चण्डिकेशा: Caṇḍikeśā

• तव: your

• आत्मजा: daughter, born of you

• चण्डिकानिर्मितम्: fashioned/established by Caṇḍikā

• स्थानम्: sacred place, seat

• अंबिकातीर्थम्: Ambikā-Tīrtha (holy ford/pilgrimage)

• उत्तमम्: supreme, most excellent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the tirtha-mahatmya within the Linga Purana tradition)

Characters & Entities

• Ambika (Devi/Parvati)
• Chandika
• Chandikesvara (Shiva/Linga)

FAQs

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

It identifies a specific Liṅga-shrine (Caṇḍikeśvaraka) and declares Ambikā-Tīrtha as supremely meritorious, framing pilgrimage and Liṅga-darśana as a direct means to approach Pati (Śiva) through a Śakti-established sacred seat.

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

Śiva-tattva is presented as accessible in a consecrated locus (sthāna) where Śakti (Caṇḍikā/Ambikā) establishes the form of worship; the verse implies the inseparability of Pati (Śiva) and Śakti in granting grace to the pashu (individual soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A tirtha-centered practice is emphasized: visiting Ambikā-Tīrtha and performing Liṅga-darśana/arcana at Caṇḍikeśvaraka—typical of Śaiva pūjā-vidhi that supports purification of pāśa (bondage) and readiness for Pāśupata-oriented discipline.