Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6
सूर्यरश्मिस्वरूपकथनम्
Surya-Rashmi Svarupa Kathana
भवत्यस्माज्जगत्कृत्स्नं सदेवासुरमानुषम् रुद्रेन्द्रोपेन्द्रचन्द्राणां विप्रेन्द्राग्निदिवौकसाम्
bhavatyasmājjagatkṛtsnaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam rudrendropendracandrāṇāṃ viprendrāgnidivaukasām
Mula sa Kanya lamang sumisibol ang buong sansinukob—kasama ang mga Deva, Asura, at mga tao—gayundin sina Rudra, Indra, Upendra (Viṣṇu), at ang Buwan; pati ang mga dakilang rishi, ang diyos ng Apoy na si Agni, at ang mga nananahan sa langit. Kaya ang Pati (Śiva) ang pinagmumulang saligan ng lahat ng nilalang, at ang mga paśu (mga kaluluwa) ay lumilitaw sa Kanyang nahayag na kaayusan.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It establishes Śiva (the Linga’s reality) as the primal cause from whom even the highest cosmic powers arise, making Linga-pūjā worship of the ultimate Pati rather than a mere deity among others.
Śiva-tattva is presented as the originating ground of all orders of beings—celestial, demonic, and human—showing His supremacy as Pati, while all embodied beings function as paśus within His manifested universe.
The verse supports a Pāśupata perspective: contemplation (dhyāna) on Śiva as the universal cause, which becomes the inner basis for Linga-pūjā and for loosening pāśa (bondage) through right knowledge of Pati.