Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 49

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

पञ्चार्थज्ञानसम्पन्नः शिवतत्त्वे समाहितः कैवल्यकरणं योगविधिकर्मच्छिदं बुधः

Transliteration

pañcārthajñānasampannaḥ śivatattve samāhitaḥ kaivalyakaraṇaṃ yogavidhikarmacchidaṃ budhaḥ

Translation

Ang marunong—puspos ng kaalaman sa limang kategorya (pañcārtha) at nakalubog sa katotohanan ni Śiva—pumuputol sa karma sa pamamagitan ng itinakdang disiplina ng Yoga, at sa gayon ay nagdudulot ng kaivalya, ganap na paglaya.

Word by Word

• पञ्चार्थ-ज्ञान: knowledge of the five categories/principles

• सम्पन्नः: endowed/fully possessed

• शिव-तत्त्वे: in the principle/reality of Śiva

• समाहितः: collected, absorbed, firmly established

• कैवल्य-करणम्: that which produces kaivalya (final aloneness/liberation)

• योग-विधि: the prescribed method/discipline of Yoga

• कर्म-च्छिदम्: cutter of karma (destroyer of karmic bonds)

• बुधः: the wise, the enlightened knower

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Śaiva doctrine to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames true Linga-centered devotion as inner realization: absorption in Śiva-tattva combined with yogic discipline that destroys karma, leading the pashu (soul) toward kaivalya under Pati (Śiva).

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

Śiva-tattva is presented as the supreme reality in which the practitioner becomes samāhita (steadily absorbed); this stabilized recognition is the basis for severing pāśa (bondage) in the form of karma.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It emphasizes yoga-vidhi—Pāśupata-oriented yogic discipline (concentration and contemplative absorption in Śiva) whose defining result is karma-cchida, the cutting of karmic bonds.