Shloka 57
Vyāsotpatti-kathana
Account of the Birth/Origin of Vyāsa
स्थापयामास पुण्यात्मा लिंगं व्यासेश्वराभिधम् । यद्दर्शनाद्भवेद्विप्र नरो विद्यासु वाक्पतिः
sthāpayāmāsa puṇyātmā liṃgaṃ vyāseśvarābhidham | yaddarśanādbhavedvipra naro vidyāsu vākpatiḥ
Bậc thiện đức ấy đã an vị một Liṅga mang danh Vyāseśvara. Này hỡi brāhmaṇa, chỉ cần chiêm bái nó thôi, một người liền trở thành bậc chủ về ngôn từ trong các khoa học và mọi ngành tri thức.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Sthala Purana: A virtuous agent establishes a liṅga titled ‘Vyāseśvara’. The sthala-idea is that darśana of this liṅga grants vāg-vaibhava (mastery of speech) and vidyā—an anugraha-phala aligned with Vyāsa’s archetype as compiler and teacher.
Significance: Darśana (and by extension arcana) yields vidyā-prāpti and eloquence—interpretable in Siddhānta as Śiva’s grace removing āṇava/karma obscurations that impede jñāna and vāk-śakti.
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that contact with Śiva through Liṅga-darśana is transformative: Śiva’s grace refines intellect and speech, turning learning into a sattvic, dharma-aligned power rather than mere scholarship.
The Liṅga is Saguna Śiva’s accessible form for devotees; the verse highlights that even simple darśana (reverent viewing) of the consecrated Liṅga can bestow Śiva’s anugraha (grace) as wisdom and eloquence.
Perform Liṅga-darśana with devotion—offer water and bilva, recite the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and pray for purity of speech (vāṅ-śuddhi) and right understanding before study or teaching.