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Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27

Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava

Adhyaya 104

सर्वेषु सर्वदा सर्वमार्गे सम्पूजिताय ते रुद्राय रुद्रनीलाय कद्रुद्राय प्रचेतसे महेश्वराय धीराय नमः साक्षाच्छिवाय ते

sarveṣu sarvadā sarvamārge sampūjitāya te rudrāya rudranīlāya kadrudrāya pracetase maheśvarāya dhīrāya namaḥ sākṣācchivāya te

顶礼于汝——为一切众生于一切时、循一切道而圆满供奉之鲁陀罗;深蓝之鲁陀罗、威烈之鲁陀罗、全知的普罗切塔斯(Pracetas);坚住而寂静的大自在天(Mahēśvara)——顶礼于汝,汝以显然真实即是湿婆本身,为赐解脱于被缚众生(paśu)之主宰(Pati)。

सर्वेषुamong all beings/in all realms
सर्वेषु:
सर्वदाalways
सर्वदा:
सर्वमार्गेby every path/discipline
सर्वमार्गे:
सम्पूजितायfully worshipped/honoured
सम्पूजिताय:
तेto You
ते:
रुद्रायto Rudra
रुद्राय:
रुद्रनीलायto the blue-hued Rudra
रुद्रनीलाय:
कद्रुद्रायto the fierce/terrible Rudra
कद्रुद्राय:
प्रचेतसेto the wise/knowing one (Pracetas)
प्रचेतसे:
महेश्वरायto Maheshvara, the Great Lord
महेश्वराय:
धीरायto the steady, courageous, composed one
धीराय:
नमःsalutation
नमः:
साक्षात्directly, manifestly, in truth
साक्षात्:
शिवायto Shiva, the auspicious One
शिवाय:
तेto You.
ते:

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn/stuti within the Purana’s discourse)

S
Shiva
R
Rudra
M
Maheshvara

FAQs

It frames Shiva as universally worship-worthy—accessible through every mārga—supporting the Linga as a non-sectarian, all-path symbol of the one Pati who receives worship from all beings.

Shiva is praised as Rudra (the transformative power), Maheshvara (supreme sovereignty), and sाक्षात् शिव (directly manifest auspicious Reality), implying the Lord as Pati whose presence is immediate and liberating.

The key takeaway is sarva-mārga sampūjā—worship through multiple disciplines (puja, mantra, japa, dhyāna), aligning with Pāśupata orientation where devotion and inner steadiness (dhīra-bhāva) loosen pasha.