Shloka 14

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

सर्वज्ञं सर्वगं देवं कृत्वा विद्याविधानतः प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथान्यायं शिवसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

sarvajñaṃ sarvagaṃ devaṃ kṛtvā vidyāvidhānataḥ pratiṣṭhāpya yathānyāyaṃ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

Translation

सर्वज्ञं सर्वगं देवं शिवं विद्याविधानतः कृत्वा, यथान्यायं प्रतिष्ठाप्य, उपासकः शिवसायुज्यं प्राप्नुयात्।

Word by Word

• सर्वज्ञं: all-knowing

• सर्वगं: all-pervading

• देवं: the Divine Lord

• कृत्वा: having made/fashioned (the icon/linga-form)

• विद्या-विधानतः: according to the ordinance of mantra-knowledge and its ritual prescriptions

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed/consecrated

• यथा-न्यायम्: according to due rule/proper procedure

• शिव-सायुज्यम्: union/identity with Shiva (liberating communion)

• आप्नुयात्: one attains/obtains

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga-pratishtha teachings to the sages, with the verse presenting the phala—spiritual fruit—of correct installation)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It states the core phala of Linga-pratiṣṭhā: when Shiva is installed with correct mantra-vidhi and ritual propriety, the act becomes a liberating upāya leading to Shiva-sāyujya.

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

Shiva is presented as sarvajña (omniscient) and sarvaga (all-pervading), indicating Pati—the supreme Lord—whose presence is not limited to the installed form, though the installed Linga becomes a sanctioned locus for communion.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Linga-pratiṣṭhā performed vidyā-vidhānataḥ (by mantric prescription) and yathā-nyāya (by proper ritual rule), aligning external pūjā with the inner aim of release of the paśu from pāśa toward union with Pati.