Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 44
भूतत्रिपुरधर्मवर्णनम् (Description of the Dharma/Conduct of the Bhūta-Tripura) — Chapter 3
तस्मात्तद्भोगिनो दैत्या लिंगार्चनपरायणाः । अनेकविधसंपत्तेर्मोक्षस्यापि परत्र च
tasmāttadbhogino daityā liṃgārcanaparāyaṇāḥ | anekavidhasaṃpattermokṣasyāpi paratra ca
اس لیے وہ دیتیا لنگ کی پوجا میں مگن رہ کر ان نعمتوں سے لطف اندوز ہوتے ہیں، جس سے انہیں کئی طرح کی دولت اور آخرت میں نجات بھی حاصل ہوتی ہے۔
Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana account to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
Sthala Purana: Tripura’s Daityas are portrayed as liṅga-arcana-parāyaṇa; their worship yields both bhoga (anekavidha-sampatti) and even mokṣa ‘paratra’—a Purāṇic assertion that Śiva’s grace is not restricted by birth/species.
Significance: Teaches the universality of liṅga-bhakti: even ‘asura’ identity does not bar liberation if devotion is genuine; also warns that merit can coexist with latent bondage requiring Śiva’s corrective tirodhāna later in the narrative.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It declares that sincere Liṅga-arcana purifies even battle-bound, desire-driven beings and can yield both worldly well-being and the highest end—moksha—by turning the soul toward Pati (Shiva), the liberating Lord.
The Liṅga is Saguna Shiva’s accessible emblem for worship; devotion to it gathers merit, steadies bhakti, and culminates in Shiva’s grace, which alone can cut the pasha (bondage) and grant liberation.
Liṅga-arcana: regular abhiṣeka and offering with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), performed with purity and devotion; optionally supported by bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as Shaiva disciplines.