अन्योपि च नरो भक्त्या यश्चैनं पूजयिष्यति । सप्तविंशतिलिंगानां सोऽपि श्रेयोऽभिलप्स्यति
anyopi ca naro bhaktyā yaścainaṃ pūjayiṣyati | saptaviṃśatiliṃgānāṃ so'pi śreyo'bhilapsyati
اور کوئی دوسرا شخص بھی جو اس (لِنگ) کی بھکتی سے پوجا کرے گا، وہ بھی ستائیس لِنگوں کی پوجا کے برابر شریَس—اعلیٰ بھلائی—حاصل کرے گا۔
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Nāgareśvara (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A small procession of diverse townspeople—householder, ascetic, traveler—offer flowers and water to the same liṅga, emphasizing universality of merit.
Sacred merit is open to all; devotion—not status—qualifies one for śreyaḥ (the highest good).
The same manifested liṅga (Nāgareśvara) is praised as universally beneficent to pilgrims and worshippers.
Worship of this liṅga with devotion; the promised result is elevated welfare and multiplied merit.