Shloka 23
Liṅga–Bera Pūjā: Nitya-Arcana and Upacāras as an Accessible Sādhana (लिङ्गबेरपूजा-विधानम्)
बेरमात्रं च पूजायां संमतं वेदनिर्णये । स्वाविर्भावे च देवानां सकलं रूपमेव हि
beramātraṃ ca pūjāyāṃ saṃmataṃ vedanirṇaye | svāvirbhāve ca devānāṃ sakalaṃ rūpameva hi
पूजायां बेरमात्रं वेदनिर्णयेन संमतम्। देवानां स्वाविर्भावे तु सकलं रूपमेव हि दृश्यते॥
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It affirms that devotional worship (pūjā) is properly directed to an authorized, consecrated sacred form, while also teaching that divine reality can reveal itself directly as a complete, graspable manifestation—supporting disciplined bhakti alongside God’s freedom to appear.
It supports saguna-oriented worship through an approved arcā/bera (including liṅga worship in Shaiva practice), while acknowledging that when divinity self-manifests, it does so as a sakala form—accessible to devotees through attributes, presence, and grace.
Perform pūjā to a properly consecrated Shiva form (liṅga or arcā) with scripturally aligned discipline; meditate on Shiva as both the worshiped manifest presence (sakala) and the transcendent reality beyond form, repeating the Panchakshara mantra as the inner support.