Shloka 100

पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्

Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon

Devanagari script

जन्यते तन्यते पाशैर्जीवशब्दार्थ एव हि । जन्मपाशनिवृत्त्यर्थं जन्मलिंगं प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

janyate tanyate pāśairjīvaśabdārtha eva hi | janmapāśanivṛttyarthaṃ janmaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet

Translation

واقعی ‘جیو’ کا مفہوم یہی ہے کہ وہ جنم لیتا ہے اور پاشوں کے بندھنوں میں پھیل کر جکڑا رہتا ہے۔ اس لیے جنم کے بندھن کی نِوِرتّی کے لیے ‘جنم-لِنگ’ کی باقاعدہ پوجا کرے۔

Word by Word

• janyate: is born
• janyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive) — ‘is born/produced’

• tanyate: is bound/extended
• tanyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tan (तन् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive) — ‘is stretched/extended’

• pāśaiḥ: by bonds/nooses
• pāśaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• jīva-śabda-arthaḥ: the meaning of the word ‘jīva’
• jīva-śabda-arthaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva + śabda + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः — ‘the meaning of the word “jīva”’

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Hetu/Emphasis (हेतु/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: for/indeed)

• janma-pāśa-nivṛtti-artham: for the sake of ending the bondage of birth
• janma-pāśa-nivṛtti-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman + pāśa + nivṛtti + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः — ‘for the purpose of cessation of the bond of birth’ (अर्थे द्वितीया)

• janma-liṅgam: the Janma-liṅga
• janma-liṅgam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janma + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः — ‘the liṅga connected with birth (janma)’

• prapūjayet: should worship well
• prapūjayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s doctrine of liberation through Linga-worship to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse introduces a doctrinal ‘Janma-Liṅga’: worship of Śiva-as-Liṅga is prescribed as the means to cut the pāśa of repeated birth (janma-pāśa).

Significance: Liṅga-upāsanā is framed as a direct soteriological remedy—cessation of saṃsāric rebirth through Śiva’s grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

The verse frames the jīva as bound by pāśas—karmic and limiting bonds that produce repeated birth—and teaches that devotion to Shiva in the form of the Janma-Liṅga is a direct means to end this birth-bondage, aligning with the Shaiva Siddhanta vision of Pati (Shiva) liberating the pashu (soul) from pasha (bond).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

It presents the Liṅga as Saguna Shiva’s accessible, grace-bearing form through which the bound soul can approach the transcendent (Nirguna) reality of Shiva; worship of the Liṅga is thus not merely symbolic but a salvific practice aimed at release from saṁsāra.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is regular, reverent Liṅga-pūjā with a liberation-intent (mokṣa-bhāva), ideally supported by japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and disciplined conduct that weakens karmic bonds.