Shloka 97

एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा महायोगम् अभ्युत्तिष्ठन्महाबलम् अहं त्वामग्रतः कृत्वा स्तोष्याम्यनलसप्रभम्

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā mahāyogam abhyuttiṣṭhanmahābalam ahaṃ tvāmagrataḥ kṛtvā stoṣyāmyanalasaprabham

Translation

एवं महायोगं ज्ञात्वा, महाबलमभ्युत्तिष्ठन्, अहं त्वामग्रतः कृत्वा स्तोष्यामि अनलसप्रभं—पाशच्छेदकं पतिं।

Word by Word

• एवं (evaṁ): thus

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā): having known/understood

• महायोगम् (mahāyogam): the Great Yoga (Pāśupata-oriented discipline leading to Pati-realization)

• अभ्युत्तिष्ठन् (abhyuttiṣṭhan): rising up/standing forth

• महाबलम् (mahābalam): with great strength (inner yogic power/resolve)

• अहम् (aham): I

• त्वाम् (tvām): You

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ): in front/at the forefront

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā): having placed/made

• स्तोष्यामि (stoṣyāmi): I will praise

• अनलसप्रभम् (analasaprabham): fire-radiant, blazing in splendor (epithet of Shiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal hymn context in the Linga Purana’s Mahayoga/stuti sequence)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames worship as inner orientation: one places Shiva “in the forefront” of awareness and offers stuti grounded in Mahayoga, aligning the devotee (paśu) toward the Pati beyond bondage (pāśa).

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

Shiva is invoked as analasaprabha—fire-radiant, self-luminous—implying the supreme consciousness that illumines all and empowers the yogin to rise with mahā-bala (spiritual resolve).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A Pāśupata-leaning Mahayoga emphasis: disciplined awakening (abhyuttiṣṭhan) and devotional stuti as a yogic act—mental placement of Shiva in the forefront (mānasa-pūjā orientation) before outward rites.