Shloka 1

Bhūtavana–Kailāsa–Mandākinī–Rudrapurī: Śiva’s Jeweled Abodes and Perpetual Worship

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे भुवनविन्यासोद्देशस्थानवर्णनं नाम पञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच देवकूटे गिरौ मध्ये महाकूटे सुशोभने हेमवैडूर्यमाणिक्यनीलगोमेदकान्तिभिः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge bhuvanavinyāsoddeśasthānavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca devakūṭe girau madhye mahākūṭe suśobhane hemavaiḍūryamāṇikyanīlagomedakāntibhiḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣灵伽大往世书》前分，开启名为“诸界布置中所指示处所之描述”的第五十章。苏多曰：在天峰之山德瓦库塔（Devakūṭa）上，于庄严华美的摩诃库塔（Mahākūṭa）之中，彼处以黄金、绿柱石（beryl）、红宝（ruby）、蓝宝（sapphire）与戈梅达（gomeda）诸宝之光辉而灿然。

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the glorious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrvabhāga)

• bhuvana-vinyāsa: arrangement/disposition of the worlds

• uddeśa-sthāna: indicated places/locations

• varṇanam: description

• nāma: named/called

• pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the fiftieth chapter (traditional colophon)

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• devakūṭe: on Devakūṭa (divine peak)

• girau: on the mountain

• madhye: in the middle

• mahākūṭe: in Mahākūṭa (the great peak)

• suśobhane: very splendid/beautiful

• hema: gold

• vaiḍūrya: beryl/cat’s-eye gemstone

• māṇikya: ruby

• nīla: sapphire/blue gem

• gomeda: hessonite/gomedaka

• kāntibhiḥ: with radiances/splendors

Speaker

Suta (Suta Goswami)

Characters & Entities

• Suta

FAQs

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

It sets the cosmological and sacred-geographical frame in which Liṅga worship is situated—showing that the Śiva-centered sacred space is not merely local but mapped onto the ordered structure of the worlds (bhuvana-vinyāsa).

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

By portraying a radiant, jewel-like sacred locus, the verse points to Śiva-tattva as the luminous Pati—self-revealing consciousness whose presence sanctifies and orders the cosmos, even when the narrative is describing “place” rather than doctrine.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No explicit pūjā-vidhi or Pāśupata-yoga technique is stated in this line; it functions as a dhāma/kshetra-style description that typically supports later practices such as tīrtha-oriented worship, mental visualization (dhyāna) of sacred space, and Liṅga installation context.