Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27

आभ्यन्तरध्यान-तत्त्वगणना-चतुर्व्यूहयोगः

Adhyaya 28

Devanagari script

भक्तो ऽसौ नास्ति यस्तस्माच् चिन्ता ब्राह्मी न संशयः एवं ब्रह्ममयं ध्यायेत् पूर्वं विप्र चराचरम्

Transliteration

bhakto 'sau nāsti yastasmāc cintā brāhmī na saṃśayaḥ evaṃ brahmamayaṃ dhyāyet pūrvaṃ vipra carācaram

Translation

Kaya nga, walang sinumang hindi deboto Niya—walang alinlangan dito. Kaya ang pagninilay na ito ay may likas na katangiang Brahmiko. Sa ganitong paraan, O brāhmaṇa, dapat munang magnilay sa buong sansinukob—ang gumagalaw at di-gumagalaw—bilang nilulukuban ng Brahman, bago magpatuloy sa pagsamba at sa malalim na pagkalubog ng yoga.

Word by Word

• भक्तः (bhaktaḥ): devotee

• असौ (asau): that (Lord/Reality)

• न अस्ति (na asti): is not (there is not)

• यतः (yataḥ): since/because

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• चिन्ता (cintā): contemplation/meditative reflection

• ब्राह्मी (brāhmī): pertaining to Brahman (Brahmic)

• न (na): not

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ): doubt

• एवम् (evam): thus

• ब्रह्ममयम् (brahmamayam): consisting of/pervaded by Brahman

• ध्यायेत् (dhyāyet): one should meditate

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam): first/initially

• विप्र (vipra): O brāhmaṇa

• चराचरम् (carācaram): the moving and the unmoving (all beings)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana’s Brahma-bhavana context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahman

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It establishes the prerequisite inner practice for Linga-puja: first see all cara-acara as Brahman-pervaded, so worship is not merely external but grounded in non-dual contemplation of Shiva as the all-pervading Pati.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva-tattva is implied as the all-pervading Reality in whom the whole universe is ‘brahmamaya’; thus devotion is universal because all beings exist within and through that supreme principle.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Brahma-bhavana (Brahmic contemplation) as a dhyana-step: meditating on the moving and unmoving cosmos as pervaded by Brahman before engaging deeper in worship or yogic absorption aligned with Pashupata discipline.