Shloka 31

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

परेण तस्य महती दृश्यते लोकसंस्थितिः काञ्चनी द्विगुणा भूमिः सर्वा चैकशिलोपमा

Transliteration

pareṇa tasya mahatī dṛśyate lokasaṃsthitiḥ kāñcanī dviguṇā bhūmiḥ sarvā caikaśilopamā

Translation

तस्य परे महती लोकसंस्थितिः दृश्यते; सा काञ्चनी, भूमिश्च द्विगुणा, सर्वा चैकशिलोपमा।

Word by Word

• परेण (pareṇa): beyond, further

• तस्य (tasya): of that, of it

• महती (mahatī): great, vast

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate): is seen, appears

• लोक-संस्थितिः (loka-saṃsthitiḥ): the arrangement/structure of worlds

• काञ्चनी (kāñcanī): golden, made of gold

• द्विगुणा (dviguṇā): twofold, double

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ): earth/ground/region

• सर्वा (sarvā): entire, all

• च (ca): and

• एक-शिला-उपमा (eka-śilā-upamā): like a single rock/slab (unbroken).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmography of 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?

By describing a higher, luminous realm with stable, unified ground, the verse supports the Shaiva view that all worlds rest upon an ordered reality upheld by Pati (Shiva), toward whom Linga-worship reorients the pashu (soul).

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

Though cosmographic in form, it implies Shiva-tattva as the transcendent basis beyond successive regions—an all-supporting, unbroken foundation, mirroring the Linga as the sign of the stable, non-fragmented Absolute.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is stated; the takeaway is contemplative: use this ordered cosmology as a dhyāna-support in Linga-puja and Pashupata Yoga—turning awareness beyond lower strata toward the higher, more unified reality of Pati.