तस्मात्तस्यार्चयेल्लिंगं भुक्तिमुक्ती य इच्छति । सृष्ट्यादौ लिंगरूपी स विवादो मम ब्रह्मणः
tasmāttasyārcayelliṃgaṃ bhuktimuktī ya icchati | sṛṣṭyādau liṃgarūpī sa vivādo mama brahmaṇaḥ
तस्मात् यो भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च इच्छति स तस्य लिङ्गम् अर्चयेत्। सृष्ट्यादौ मया ब्रह्मणा च जातविवादे स एव लिङ्गरूपेण प्रादुरभवत्॥
Viṣṇu (first-person 'mama' in the Brahmā-Viṣṇu dispute context indicates Viṣṇu speaking)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devas/Ṛṣis (contextual; Kaumārikākhaṇḍa discourse frame)
Scene: The cosmic Liṅga manifests at the beginning of creation; Brahmā and Viṣṇu stand in dispute, dwarfed by an endless pillar of light, while the narrator (Skanda/Kaumāra context) points to liṅga-arcana as the remedy.
Liṅga-worship is upheld as a direct, complete path granting both prosperity (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).
No specific site is named; the verse glorifies the primordial Liṅga manifestation central to Śaiva tradition.
Worship (arcana) of Śiva’s Liṅga is prescribed for seekers of both worldly and spiritual goals.