सैष देवो महादेवो लिङ्गमूर्तिर्व्यवस्थितः । अर्च्यते ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रैः सुरासुरजगद्गुरुः
saiṣa devo mahādevo liṅgamūrtirvyavasthitaḥ | arcyate brahmaviṣṇvindraiḥ surāsurajagadguruḥ
یہی خدا مہادیو ہے، جو یہاں لِنگ کی مورتی کے روپ میں قائم ہے۔ برہما، وِشنو اور اِندر اس کی پوجا کرتے ہیں—دیوتاؤں، اسوروں اور سارے جگت کا گرو۔
Narmadā-devī (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas with liṅga-sthānas
Type: kshetra
Listener: A brāhmaṇa interlocutor (addressed later as dvijapuṅgava)
Scene: A radiant black-stone liṅga on a riverbank altar; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra offer flowers and water while sages witness; the river glows behind like a silver ribbon.
The Liṅga is affirmed as a supreme, universally worshipped manifestation of Śiva, worthy of reverence by all beings.
A Revā/Narmadā tīrtha where Śiva is ‘established as Liṅga’ (liṅgamūrti), central to the chapter’s māhātmya.
Liṅga-arcana (worship of the Śiva-liṅga), modeled even by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra.