Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 13
लिङ्गपूजनसंक्षेपः
Concise Teaching on Liṅga Worship / Śiva-arcana-vidhi
सम्पूजिते शिवे देवे सर्वदुःखं विलीयते । संपद्यते सुखं सर्वं पश्चान्मुक्तिरवाप्यते
sampūjite śive deve sarvaduḥkhaṃ vilīyate | saṃpadyate sukhaṃ sarvaṃ paścānmuktiravāpyate
เมื่อบูชาพระศิวะผู้เป็นเทพสูงสุดโดยถูกต้องตามพิธี กองทุกข์ทั้งปวงย่อมสลายไป ความสุขทั้งมวลบังเกิด และท้ายที่สุดย่อมได้โมกษะ (ความหลุดพ้น)
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Frames Śiva as both immediate remover of duḥkha (worldly upaśamana) and final giver of mokṣa (anugraha), a standard pilgrimage-and-worship promise.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that sincere Śiva-pūjā dissolves duḥkha (bondage-born sorrow) and culminates in mokṣa, presenting Śiva as Pati—the liberating Lord who grants both worldly well-being and final freedom.
The verse praises worship of Śiva as the approachable, worship-worthy Lord (saguṇa upāsya). In Shiva Purana practice, this is commonly performed through Śiva-liṅga pūjā—offering water, bilva leaves, mantra-japa, and devotion—through which grace descends and bondage weakens.
It implies regular Śiva-pūjā with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with traditional aids like vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa, done with steadiness and devotion for relief from suffering and progress toward liberation.