Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 84
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
हर उवाच/ यद्यर्चयन्ति त्रिदशा मम लिङ्गं सुरोत्तमौ तदेतत्प्रतिगृह्णीयां नान्यथेति कथञ्चन
hara uvāca/ yadyarcayanti tridaśā mama liṅgaṃ surottamau tadetatpratigṛhṇīyāṃ nānyatheti kathañcana
ਹਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਹੇ ਸੁਰੋਤਮੋ! ਜੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਦਸ਼ ਦੇਵ ਮੇਰੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਦੀ ਅਰਚਨਾ ਕਰਨ, ਤਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ; ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ।
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FAQs
Worship is not merely transactional; it is a dharmic alignment. The verse emphasizes proper reverence (arcana) as the condition for divine acceptance and restoration.
It functions as ākhyāna with a ritual-theological teaching embedded in narrative—supporting dharma and upāsanā (worship) rather than cosmological categories.
Śiva’s conditional acceptance underscores the primacy of devotion and right ritual order; in the Vāmana Purāṇa’s non-sectarian tone, it also normalizes Devas collectively honoring Śiva’s liṅga, reinforcing inter-sectarian complementarity.