Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 70

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

बहुश्रुतो बहुमयो नियतात्मा भवोद्भवः ओजस्तेजो द्युतिकरो नर्तकः सर्वकामकः

Transliteration

bahuśruto bahumayo niyatātmā bhavodbhavaḥ ojastejo dyutikaro nartakaḥ sarvakāmakaḥ

Translation

အရာအားလုံးကိုကျယ်ပြန့်စွာသိမြင်သော အရှင်၊ ပုံသဏ္ဍာန်မျိုးစုံဖြင့် ပြည့်စုံ၍ စိတ်ကိုစည်းကမ်းတကျထိန်းသိမ်းသော အရှင်။ ဖြစ်တည်မှု (ဘဝ) ပေါ်ထွန်းရာ အရင်းအမြစ်ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏။ အိုဇဿနှင့် တေဇဿ—ဝိညာဉ်တောက်ပမှု—ကိုင်ဆောင်၍ တောက်ပရောင်ခြည်ကိုဖန်ဆင်းတော်မူ၏; စကြဝဠာအက၏ နာတာရာဇာ၊ တရားသင့်သော ဆန္ဒအားလုံးကို ပြည့်စုံစေတော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• बहुश्रुतः: greatly learned, well-heard in sacred lore

• बहुमयः: of many forms, pervading as manifold manifestations

• नियतात्मा: self-controlled, inwardly disciplined

• भवोद्भवः: the origin/source of becoming and existence

• ओजस्: vigor, vital strength

• तेजः: spiritual brilliance, fiery splendor

• द्युतिकरः: maker of radiance, bestower of luminous clarity

• नर्तकः: dancer, the cosmic dancer (Naṭarāja aspect)

• सर्वकामकः: fulfiller of all desires, granter of boons

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Shiva as the radiant, many-formed Pati who is invoked in Linga-puja for both inner purification (niyatātman) and the granting of dharma-aligned desires (sarvakāmaka).

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

Shiva is portrayed as the source of existence (bhavodbhava), simultaneously transcendent power (ojas, tejas) and immanent radiance (dyutikara), manifesting in many forms while remaining self-governed.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The key yogic cue is niyatātman—disciplined restraint central to Pashupata-oriented practice—supporting the pashu’s release from pasha through steadiness, purity, and focused worship of the Linga.