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

เมื่อสร้างเทวะศิวะผู้ทรงรอบรู้และแผ่ซ่านทั่ว ตามวิธีแห่งวิทยา (บัญญัติมนตรา) และสถาปนาโดยชอบตามครรลองพิธีแล้ว ผู้บูชาย่อมบรรลุศิวสายุชยะ คือความเป็นหนึ่งในภาวะแห่งพระศิวะ.

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.