Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 135

ध्यानयोगेन रुद्रदर्शनम् — रुद्रावतार-परिवर्तक्रमः, लकुली (कायावतार), पाशुपतयोगः, लिङ्गार्चन-निष्ठा

Devanagari script

संसारबन्धच्छेदार्थं ज्ञानमार्गप्रकाशकम् स्वरूपज्ञानसिद्ध्यर्थं योगं पाशुपतं महत्

Transliteration

saṃsārabandhacchedārthaṃ jñānamārgaprakāśakam svarūpajñānasiddhyarthaṃ yogaṃ pāśupataṃ mahat

Translation

为斩断轮回（saṃsāra）之系缚（pāśa），并照明解脱智之道路，故宣说伟大的兽主瑜伽（Pāśupata Yoga），使对自性真如之智（svarūpa-jñāna）得以圆满成就。

Word by Word

• संसार (saṃsāra): transmigratory existence

• बन्ध (bandha): bondage

• छेदार्थम् (chedārtham): for the purpose of cutting/severing

• ज्ञान (jñāna): liberating knowledge

• मार्ग (mārga): path

• प्रकाशकम् (prakāśakam): that which illuminates/reveals

• स्वरूप (svarūpa): true nature/essential form

• ज्ञान (jñāna): direct realization

• सिद्धि (siddhi): accomplishment/perfection

• अर्थम् (artham): for the sake of

• योगम् (yogam): disciplined spiritual method/yoga

• पाशुपतम् (pāśupatam): belonging to Paśupati (Śiva), the Pāśupata system

• महत् (mahat): great, exalted

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching as preserved in the Linga Purana’s discourse on Pāśupata Yoga)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva-devotion (centered on Paśupati and the Linga) as a liberating discipline: worship and practice are meant to cut pāśa (bondage) and culminate in svarūpa-jñāna, not merely grant worldly results.

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

Shiva is implied as Paśupati (Pati)—the Lord who reveals the jñāna-mārga and grants the means (Pāśupata Yoga) by which the paśu (individual soul) transcends pāśa (bondage) and realizes its true nature.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pāśupata Yoga is highlighted as the ‘great’ method—an integrated Shaiva discipline that illuminates knowledge and leads to liberation through cutting saṃsāric bondage.