Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 38

शरभप्रादुर्भावो नाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः (जलन्धरविमर्दनम्)

Devanagari script

दुर्धरेण रथाङ्गेन कृच्छ्रेणापि द्विजोत्तमाः स्थापयामास वै स्कन्धे द्विधाभूतश् च तेन वै

Transliteration

durdhareṇa rathāṅgena kṛcchreṇāpi dvijottamāḥ sthāpayāmāsa vai skandhe dvidhābhūtaś ca tena vai

Translation

အို ဒွိဇောတ္တမတို့၊ အလွန်ခက်ခဲစွာ ထမ်းမရလောက်သော ရထာင်ဂ (စက္ကာ) ကို မိမိပခုံးပေါ် တင်ထားလေ၏။ ထိုလုပ်ရပ်ကြောင့်ပင် ၎င်းသည် နှစ်ပိုင်းကွဲသွားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• दुर्धरेण: difficult to bear

• रथाङ्गेन: with the discus (cakra, ‘wheel of the chariot’)

• कृच्छ्रेण अपि: even with great effort

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)

• स्थापयामास: he placed/established

• वै: indeed

• स्कन्धे: on the shoulder

• द्विधा-भूतः: becoming twofold/split into two

• च: and

• तेन: by that (act/means)

• वै: indeed

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It highlights Shiva’s unsurpassable sovereignty (Pati-tattva): even the mightiest emblem of power becomes ineffective before him, teaching that true refuge in Linga-worship is surrender to Shiva beyond all instruments.

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

Shiva is implied as the transcendent Lord who cannot be overpowered by external force; his reality is beyond weapons and effort, and thus he alone is the liberating Pati who dissolves the pasha (bondage) of the pashu (soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline: abandon reliance on external power and cultivate śaraṇāgati (surrender) and single-pointed devotion to the Linga as the means to loosen pasha and realize Pati.