Shloka 72

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

Devanagari script

एवं ध्यानसमायुक्तः स्वदेहं यः परित्यजेत् स याति शिवसायुज्यं समुद्धृत्य कुलत्रयम्

Transliteration

evaṃ dhyānasamāyuktaḥ svadehaṃ yaḥ parityajet sa yāti śivasāyujyaṃ samuddhṛtya kulatrayam

Translation

Assim, aquele que está absorvido em tal meditação e então abandona o corpo alcança o sāyujya—união com Śiva como Pati—tendo elevado a tríplice linhagem de sua família.

Word by Word

• evam: thus

• dhyāna-samāyuktaḥ: endowed with/fully united with meditation

• sva-deham: one’s own body

• yaḥ: who

• parityajet: abandons, relinquishes

• saḥ: he

• yāti: goes, attains

• śiva-sāyujyam: union/identity in proximity with Śiva (liberative communion)

• samuddhṛtya: having lifted up, delivered

• kula-trayam: the triad of families/three generations (lineage).

Speaker

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

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It links outer devotion to Śiva with inner dhyāna: the highest fruit is not merely merit, but śivasāyujya—liberative union with Pati—showing that Linga-upāsanā culminates in contemplative absorption.

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

Śiva is presented as Pati, the liberator who grants sāyujya to the paśu (individual soul) when bondage (pāśa) is loosened through sustained meditation and final surrender of bodily identity.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Dhyāna-yoga focused on Śiva—steady meditative absorption—so complete that at life’s end the practitioner relinquishes the body in remembrance of Śiva, attaining liberation and uplifting one’s lineage.