Shloka 27

आभ्यन्तरध्यान-तत्त्वगणना-चतुर्व्यूहयोगः

Adhyaya 28

Devanagari script

भक्तो ऽसौ नास्ति यस्तस्माच् चिन्ता ब्राह्मी न संशयः एवं ब्रह्ममयं ध्यायेत् पूर्वं विप्र चराचरम्

Transliteration

bhakto 'sau nāsti yastasmāc cintā brāhmī na saṃśayaḥ evaṃ brahmamayaṃ dhyāyet pūrvaṃ vipra carācaram

Translation

तस्मात् नास्ति कश्चिदपि यो न तस्य भक्तः—अत्र न संशयः। अतः चिन्ता ब्राह्मी स्वभावतः। एवं, हे विप्र, पूर्वं चराचरं जगत् सर्वं ब्रह्ममयं व्याप्य स्थितं ध्यायेत्, ततः परं प्रवर्तेत।

Word by Word

• भक्तः (bhaktaḥ): devotee

• असौ (asau): that (Lord/Reality)

• न अस्ति (na asti): is not (there is not)

• यतः (yataḥ): since/because

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• चिन्ता (cintā): contemplation/meditative reflection

• ब्राह्मी (brāhmī): pertaining to Brahman (Brahmic)

• न (na): not

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ): doubt

• एवम् (evam): thus

• ब्रह्ममयम् (brahmamayam): consisting of/pervaded by Brahman

• ध्यायेत् (dhyāyet): one should meditate

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam): first/initially

• विप्र (vipra): O brāhmaṇa

• चराचरम् (carācaram): the moving and the unmoving (all beings)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana’s Brahma-bhavana context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahman

FAQs

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

It establishes the prerequisite inner practice for Linga-puja: first see all cara-acara as Brahman-pervaded, so worship is not merely external but grounded in non-dual contemplation of Shiva as the all-pervading Pati.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the all-pervading Reality in whom the whole universe is ‘brahmamaya’; thus devotion is universal because all beings exist within and through that supreme principle.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Brahma-bhavana (Brahmic contemplation) as a dhyana-step: meditating on the moving and unmoving cosmos as pervaded by Brahman before engaging deeper in worship or yogic absorption aligned with Pashupata discipline.