Shloka 24

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 74 — ब्रह्मप्रोक्तलिङ्गार्चनविधिः

Materials, Classes, and Fruits of Linga-Worship

Devanagari script

भूर्भूवःस्वर्महर्लोकान् क्रमाद् वै जनतः परम् तपः सत्यं पराक्रम्य भासयन् स्वेन तेजसा

Transliteration

bhūrbhūvaḥsvarmaharlokān kramād vai janataḥ param tapaḥ satyaṃ parākramya bhāsayan svena tejasā

Translation

भूर्भुवःस्वर्महर्लोकान् क्रमादतिक्रम्य, जनस्तपःसत्यलोकानपि पराक्रम्य, स स्वेनैव तेजसा सर्वं भासयति परपतेः सार्वभौमप्रभया।

Word by Word

• भूः: Bhū-loka (earth-plane)

• भुवः: Bhuvar-loka (mid-region)

• स्वः: Svar-loka (heaven)

• महर्लोकान्: Mahar-loka (great world)

• क्रमात्: in sequence/step by step

• वै: indeed

• जनतः परम्: beyond Janas-loka

• तपः: Tapas-loka

• सत्यम्: Satya-loka (Brahma-loka)

• पराक्रम्य: having overstepped/transcended

• भासयन्: shining/illumining

• स्वेन: by His own

• तेजसा: radiance, spiritual brilliance (tejas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the transcendent glory of Shiva as Pati)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as the limitless, self-luminous Reality beyond all lokas; Linga worship thus becomes contemplation of the Supreme Pati whose jyoti pervades and surpasses the cosmos.

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

Shiva is presented as svatejas—self-established light—transcending even the highest cosmic realms, indicating His status as Pati beyond conditioned existence and all gradations of manifested worlds.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A meditative Pashupata-oriented contemplation is implied: withdrawing awareness from lower to higher planes and finally resting in Shiva’s self-effulgent tejas beyond loka-identities.