Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16

Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्

Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations

Devanagari script

पादेन पार्थिवस्याग्नेस् तस्मादग्निस्तपत्यसौ प्रकाशोष्णस्वरूपे च सौराग्नेये तु तेजसी

Transliteration

pādena pārthivasyāgnes tasmādagnistapatyasau prakāśoṣṇasvarūpe ca saurāgneye tu tejasī

Translation

Sa isang-kapat na bahagi, ang Agni ay mula sa prinsipyong makalupa; kaya ang Apoy na ito ay tunay na nagliliyab. Ang likas nito ay liwanag at init, at sa mga dako ng Araw at ng Apoy, ang ningning nito’y nahahayag bilang tejas.

Word by Word

• पादेन: by a quarter/one part

• पार्थिवस्य: of the earthly (element)

• अग्नेः: of Agni/fire

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that

• अग्निः: fire

• तपति: burns/heats

• असौ: this/that (indeed)

• प्रकाश-उष्ण-स्वरूपे: having the nature of light and heat

• च: and

• सौर-अग्नेये: in the solar and fiery (spheres/domains)

• तु: indeed/particularly

• तेजसी: radiance, brilliance (tejas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Surya

FAQs

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

It frames Agni as a tattvic power of light-heat (tejas), supporting the Shaiva view that external worship-fire and inner yogic heat are sanctified energies offered into the Linga as the presence of Pati (Shiva).

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

By highlighting prakāśa (luminosity) and tejas, it points toward Shiva as the supreme illuminator in whom elemental energies appear; Agni’s burning power is a limited manifestation of that higher, all-revealing consciousness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Agni-centered puja/homa and the yogic refinement of tejas (inner heat) are implied—disciplines that help the paśu (bound soul) loosen pāśa (bondage) by purifying the senses and mind toward Pati (Lord Shiva).