सर्वेषां शिवलिंगानां सार्वभौमो महाबलः । कृते महाबलः श्वेतस्त्रेतायामतिलोहितः
sarveṣāṃ śivaliṃgānāṃ sārvabhaumo mahābalaḥ | kṛte mahābalaḥ śvetastretāyāmatilohitaḥ
تمام شِو لِنگوں میں مہابَل ہی سَروَبھَوم اور عظیم قوت والا ہے۔ کِرت یُگ میں مہابَل سفید ہے، اور تریتا یُگ میں نہایت سرخ ہو جاتا ہے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa—Mahābala-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: A majestic Mahābala-liṅga enthroned, radiating a yuga-shifting aura—cool white luminosity (Kṛta) transitioning to deep vermilion-red (Tretā), with sages in reverent circumambulation and ocean-breeze hints of Gokarṇa’s coast.
It establishes Mahābala as a preeminent Śiva-liṅga and frames its sanctity as timeless across the yugas.
Gokarṇa, where the Mahābala liṅga is revered in this Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse functions as liṅga-māhātmya (praise/identification).