Shloka 100
पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्
Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon
जन्यते तन्यते पाशैर्जीवशब्दार्थ एव हि । जन्मपाशनिवृत्त्यर्थं जन्मलिंगं प्रपूजयेत्
janyate tanyate pāśairjīvaśabdārtha eva hi | janmapāśanivṛttyarthaṃ janmaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet
Quả thật, jīva—điều mà từ “chúng sinh” hàm chỉ—được sinh ra và luôn bị trói buộc bởi các sợi dây (pāśa). Vì vậy, để chấm dứt sự trói buộc của vòng sinh tử tái sinh, hãy cung kính phụng thờ Janma-Liṅga, Liṅga giải thoát khỏi sinh ra.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s doctrine of liberation through Linga-worship to the sages)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: The verse introduces a doctrinal ‘Janma-Liṅga’: worship of Śiva-as-Liṅga is prescribed as the means to cut the pāśa of repeated birth (janma-pāśa).
Significance: Liṅga-upāsanā is framed as a direct soteriological remedy—cessation of saṃsāric rebirth through Śiva’s grace.
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse frames the jīva as bound by pāśas—karmic and limiting bonds that produce repeated birth—and teaches that devotion to Shiva in the form of the Janma-Liṅga is a direct means to end this birth-bondage, aligning with the Shaiva Siddhanta vision of Pati (Shiva) liberating the pashu (soul) from pasha (bond).
It presents the Liṅga as Saguna Shiva’s accessible, grace-bearing form through which the bound soul can approach the transcendent (Nirguna) reality of Shiva; worship of the Liṅga is thus not merely symbolic but a salvific practice aimed at release from saṁsāra.
The takeaway is regular, reverent Liṅga-pūjā with a liberation-intent (mokṣa-bhāva), ideally supported by japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and disciplined conduct that weakens karmic bonds.