Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 84
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
हर उवाच/ यद्यर्चयन्ति त्रिदशा मम लिङ्गं सुरोत्तमौ तदेतत्प्रतिगृह्णीयां नान्यथेति कथञ्चन
hara uvāca/ yadyarcayanti tridaśā mama liṅgaṃ surottamau tadetatpratigṛhṇīyāṃ nānyatheti kathañcana
Hara nói: “Nếu ba mươi vị (Tridaśa) thờ phụng liṅga của ta, hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng chư thần, thì ta sẽ tiếp nhận điều này—tuyệt nhiên không theo cách nào khác.”
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FAQs
Worship is not merely transactional; it is a dharmic alignment. The verse emphasizes proper reverence (arcana) as the condition for divine acceptance and restoration.
It functions as ākhyāna with a ritual-theological teaching embedded in narrative—supporting dharma and upāsanā (worship) rather than cosmological categories.
Śiva’s conditional acceptance underscores the primacy of devotion and right ritual order; in the Vāmana Purāṇa’s non-sectarian tone, it also normalizes Devas collectively honoring Śiva’s liṅga, reinforcing inter-sectarian complementarity.