Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 31

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

परेण तस्य महती दृश्यते लोकसंस्थितिः काञ्चनी द्विगुणा भूमिः सर्वा चैकशिलोपमा

Transliteration

pareṇa tasya mahatī dṛśyate lokasaṃsthitiḥ kāñcanī dviguṇā bhūmiḥ sarvā caikaśilopamā

Translation

Sa kabila pa niyon, nasisilayan ang napakalawak na kaayusan ng mga daigdig—may likas na gintong ningning; ang lupain doon ay doble ang lawak, at ang buong pook ay wari’y iisang buo at di-napaputol na tipak ng bato.

Word by Word

• परेण (pareṇa): beyond, further

• तस्य (tasya): of that, of it

• महती (mahatī): great, vast

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate): is seen, appears

• लोक-संस्थितिः (loka-saṃsthitiḥ): the arrangement/structure of worlds

• काञ्चनी (kāñcanī): golden, made of gold

• द्विगुणा (dviguṇā): twofold, double

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ): earth/ground/region

• सर्वा (sarvā): entire, all

• च (ca): and

• एक-शिला-उपमा (eka-śilā-upamā): like a single rock/slab (unbroken).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmography of the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

By describing a higher, luminous realm with stable, unified ground, the verse supports the Shaiva view that all worlds rest upon an ordered reality upheld by Pati (Shiva), toward whom Linga-worship reorients the pashu (soul).

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

Though cosmographic in form, it implies Shiva-tattva as the transcendent basis beyond successive regions—an all-supporting, unbroken foundation, mirroring the Linga as the sign of the stable, non-fragmented Absolute.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is stated; the takeaway is contemplative: use this ordered cosmology as a dhyāna-support in Linga-puja and Pashupata Yoga—turning awareness beyond lower strata toward the higher, more unified reality of Pati.