Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27

विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्

Devanagari script

शर्वाय च नमस्तुभ्यं सत्याय शमनाय च ब्रह्मणे चैव भूतानां सर्वज्ञाय नमो नमः

Transliteration

śarvāya ca namastubhyaṃ satyāya śamanāya ca brahmaṇe caiva bhūtānāṃ sarvajñāya namo namaḥ

Translation

顶礼于祢，名为舍尔瓦（Śarva）；顶礼于祢，名为真实（Satya），亦为息止者（Śamana），赐予寂静安宁。顶礼于祢，梵（Brahman）——一切众生的内在根基——并顶礼全知之主；我再三俯首。

Word by Word

• शर्वाय (śarvāya): to Śarva (Śiva, the destroyer/remover)

• च (ca): and

• नमः (namaḥ): salutations

• तुभ्यम् (tubhyam): to You

• सत्याय (satyāya): to the Truth/Real

• शमनाय (śamanāya): to the pacifier, the one who brings peace/cessation

• च (ca): and

• ब्रह्मणे (brahmaṇe): to Brahman, the Absolute

• च एव (caiva): and indeed

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām): of beings/creatures

• सर्वज्ञाय (sarvajñāya): to the omniscient one

• नमो नमः (namo namaḥ): repeated salutations

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Linga-puja as worship of Pati (Shiva) not merely as a deity-form, but as Satya (ultimate Reality) and Brahman—the indwelling support of all bhūtas—so the act of offering becomes a direct approach to the Absolute.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is praised as Śarva (the remover of limitation), Satya (unchanging Reality), Śamana (the giver of peace/cessation of pasha-driven agitation), Brahman (the supreme ground), and Sarvajña (omniscient Pati who knows all pashus and their bonds).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes mantra-japa and namaskāra as core limbs of devotion; inwardly it points to śamana—stilling the mind and loosening pasha—aligned with Pāśupata-oriented contemplation during Linga-puja.