Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

मयि पश्य जगत् सर्वं त्वया सार्धम् अनिन्दित ब्रह्माणं च तथा रुद्रं दिव्यां दृष्टिं ददामि ते

Transliteration

mayi paśya jagat sarvaṃ tvayā sārdham anindita brahmāṇaṃ ca tathā rudraṃ divyāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ dadāmi te

Translation

无瑕者啊，于我之中观见整个宇宙——连同你自身——亦观见梵天与鲁陀罗。我赐予你天眼，使此得以显见。

Word by Word

• मयि (mayi): in Me

• पश्य (paśya): behold/see

• जगत् (jagat): the universe

• सर्वं (sarvaṁ): all/entire

• त्वया (tvayā): by you/with you

• सार्धम् (sārdham): together with

• अनिन्दित (anindita): O blameless one

• ब्रह्माणं (brahmāṇaṁ): Brahmā

• च (ca): and

• तथा (tathā): likewise/also

• रुद्रं (rudraṁ): Rudra (Śiva as the cosmic dissolver and Lord of yogins)

• दिव्यां (divyāṁ): divine

• दृष्टिं (dṛṣṭiṁ): vision/sight

• ददामि (dadāmi): I give/grant

• ते (te): to you

Speaker

Shiva (as Pati, granting divya-dṛṣṭi)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Brahma

FAQs

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

It establishes that the whole jagat is to be contemplated as abiding in Shiva (Pati); Linga-upāsanā is thus not mere symbol-worship but a yogic seeing of all beings and worlds as residing in the Lord.

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

Shiva is presented as the all-containing ground of reality—within whom even Brahmā (creation-function) and Rudra (dissolution-function) are beheld—revealing Pati as transcendent yet immanent in the cosmos.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Divya-dṛṣṭi (divine insight) granted by grace is highlighted—aligned with Pāśupata-oriented contemplation where the pashu’s limited perception is purified so the universe is seen as Shiva-pervaded.