आरण्याच्छतगुणं पुण्यमर्चितं पार्वतं यथा । पार्वताच्चैव लिंगाच्च फलं चायुतसंज्ञितम् । तपोवनाश्रितं लिंगं पूजितं वा महाफलम्
āraṇyācchataguṇaṃ puṇyamarcitaṃ pārvataṃ yathā | pārvatāccaiva liṃgācca phalaṃ cāyutasaṃjñitam | tapovanāśritaṃ liṃgaṃ pūjitaṃ vā mahāphalam
வன லிங்கத்தை விட மலை லிங்கத்தை முறையாக அர்ச்சித்தால் நூறுமடங்கு புண்ணியம் எனக் கூறப்படுகிறது; மலை லிங்கத்தை விட மேலான லிங்கத்தின் பலன் ‘அயுதம்’ (பத்தாயிர மடங்கு) என்று அறிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. தவோவனத்தில் தங்கிய லிங்கத்தைப் பூஜித்தால் மகாபலன் கிடைக்கும்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Parvata-liṅga / Tapovana-liṅga (typological)
Type: peak
Scene: A steep mountain shrine with a liṅga on a rocky outcrop; clouds below, peaks above; sages in a tapovana with deer and sacred fire; symbolic ‘10,000’ shown as a radiant mandala of countless petals or lamps around the liṅga.
The purāṇa ranks sacred landscapes by tapas-density: forests, mountains, and especially tapovanas magnify the fruit of Śiva worship.
Tapovana- and mountain-based liṅga-sthānas associated with Kedāra’s Himalayan sacred zone are extolled.
Worship liṅgas in increasingly austere locales—forest, mountain, and tapovana—to obtain multiplied merit and ‘ayuta’ (ten-thousandfold) fruit.
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