Shloka 18

Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna

Devanagari script

परानन्दात्मकं लिङ्गं विशुद्धं शिवमक्षरम् निष्कलं सर्वगं ज्ञेयं योगिनां हृदि संस्थितम्

Transliteration

parānandātmakaṃ liṅgaṃ viśuddhaṃ śivamakṣaram niṣkalaṃ sarvagaṃ jñeyaṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam

Translation

Kilalanin ang Liṅga bilang mismong diwa ng sukdulang kaligayahan—ganap na dalisay, si Śiva mismo, ang Di-nasisirang Katotohanan; walang bahagi (lampas sa paghahati), sumasaklaw sa lahat, at nakalagay sa puso ng mga yogin.

Word by Word

• परानन्दात्मकम्: consisting of supreme bliss

• लिङ्गम्: the Linga (mark/sign of the Supreme)

• विशुद्धम्: perfectly pure

• शिवम्: Shiva, the auspicious Lord (Pati)

• अक्षरम्: imperishable, undecaying

• निष्कलम्: without parts/attributes, beyond fragmentation

• सर्वगम्: all-pervading

• ज्ञेयम्: to be known/realized

• योगिनाम्: of the yogins

• हृदि: in the heart

• संस्थितम्: abiding/established

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga’s transcendental nature within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)