Shloka 1

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे क्षुपाबिधनृपपराभववर्णनं नाम पञ्चत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः नन्द्युवाच पूजया तस्य संतुष्टो भगवान्पुरुषोत्तमः श्रीभूमिसहितः श्रीमाञ् शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge kṣupābidhanṛpaparābhavavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ nandyuvāca pūjayā tasya saṃtuṣṭo bhagavānpuruṣottamaḥ śrībhūmisahitaḥ śrīmāñ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ

Translation

یوں شری لِنگ مہاپُران کے پُروَ بھاگ میں ‘کْشُپ نامی راجا کی شکست کا بیان’ کے نام سے پینتیسواں ادھیائے مکمل ہوا۔ نندی نے کہا—اُس کی پوجا سے خوش ہو کر شریمان پُروشوتم بھگوان، شری اور بھومی دیوی کے ساتھ، شنکھ-چکر-گدا دھارن کرنے والے، مطمئن ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the former section (Pūrvabhāga)

• kṣupa-abhidhāna-nṛpa: the king named Kṣupa

• parābhava-varṇanam: description of defeat

• nāma: called

• pañcatriṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ: thirty-fifth chapter

• nandy uvāca: Nandin said

• pūjayā: by worship

• tasya: of him / by him

• saṃtuṣṭaḥ: satisfied, pleased

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord

• puruṣottamaḥ: the Supreme Person

• śrī-bhūmi-sahitaḥ: accompanied by Śrī (Lakṣmī) and Bhūmi (Earth-goddess)

• śrīmān: glorious, resplendent

• śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dharaḥ: bearer of conch, discus, and mace

Speaker

Nandin (Nandikeśvara)

Characters & Entities

• Nandin
• Vishnu (Puruṣottama)
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Bhūmi (Earth-goddess)

FAQs

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

It frames puja as the decisive cause of divine grace—worship (pūjā) leads to the Lord’s satisfaction, which in Shaiva terms signals Pati’s anugraha (saving favor) that loosens pāśa (bondage) upon the paśu (soul).

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

Though the verse names Puruṣottama with Vaiṣṇava emblems, in the Liṅga Purāṇa this supports Hari–Hara unity: the one Supreme Lord (Pati) is approached through devotion, and the same transcendence is recognized across forms.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pūjā (formal worship) is emphasized—devotional offering and reverence that culminate in the deity’s saṃtoṣa (satisfaction), the key prerequisite for receiving liberating grace in the Purāṇic Shaiva framework.