Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 20
Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava
Adhyaya 104
भानुसोमाग्निनेत्राय परमात्मस्वरूपिणे गुणत्रयोपरिस्थाय तीर्थपादाय ते नमः
bhānusomāgninetrāya paramātmasvarūpiṇe guṇatrayoparisthāya tīrthapādāya te namaḥ
Kính lễ Ngài—đấng có ba mắt là Mặt Trời, Mặt Trăng và Lửa; tự thân là Tối Thượng Ngã; vượt ngoài ba guṇa; và đôi chân Ngài chính là những tīrtha thanh tịnh, ban sự tẩy sạch và đưa qua bờ giải thoát.
Suta Goswami (narrating a stuti within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames Linga-worship as approach to Pati (Shiva) who transcends the guṇas; the devotee seeks purification not merely by external tīrthas but by surrender at Shiva’s sacred feet—the inner tīrtha reached through worship.
Shiva is presented as Paramātman (supreme consciousness) and trigunātīta (beyond sattva–rajas–tamas), while also immanent as the cosmic seer whose eyes are Sun, Moon, and Fire—showing both transcendence and all-pervading lordship over the universe of pashus.
A stuti-based upāsanā: meditate on Shiva as beyond the guṇas (for Pāśa-cutting), and treat devotion at His feet as the primary tīrtha—supporting japa, dhyāna, and Linga-pūjā aimed at liberation of the pashu through grace of Pati.