Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16

सूर्यरथनिर्णयः (चन्द्रस्य पक्षवृद्धिक्षयविधानम्)

Devanagari script

मासतृप्तिमवाप्याग्र्यां पीत्वा गच्छन्ति ते ऽमृतम् पितृभिः पीयमानस्य पञ्चदश्यां कला तु या

Transliteration

māsatṛptimavāpyāgryāṃ pītvā gacchanti te 'mṛtam pitṛbhiḥ pīyamānasya pañcadaśyāṃ kalā tu yā

Translation

他们得享满月一月的至上满足，饮受（供献）之后，诸祖灵（Pitṛ）趋向不死之境。而那在祖灵饮受之时所领纳的微妙一分卡拉——尤其在第十五月日（满月日）——最为殊胜有力。

Word by Word

• māsa: a month

• tṛptim: satisfaction, satiation

• avāpya: having obtained

• āgryām: foremost, excellent

• pītvā: having drunk/partaken

• gacchanti: they go/attain

• te: they

• amṛtam: the deathless state/immortality

• pitṛbhiḥ: by the Pitṛs (ancestors)

• pīyamānasya: of that which is being drunk/partaken

• pañcadaśyām: on the fifteenth (tithi)

• kalā: a subtle portion/phase/efficacious part

• tu: indeed/and

• yā: which

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic teaching on rites and their subtle results)

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (Ancestors)

FAQs

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

It frames ritual offering (tarpaṇa) as a Shaiva-aligned dharmic act that purifies karma and supports the Pashu (soul) by honoring lineage; such rites, when performed with Shiva-bhāva, become instruments for loosening pāśa (bondage) and cultivating auspiciousness.

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

Though Shiva is not named directly, the verse implies a cosmos where subtle portions (kalā) and time (tithi) govern fruition—an order ultimately upheld by Pati (Shiva), through whom karmic actions mature toward higher states, including the movement toward ‘amṛta’ (deathlessness).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa tied to lunar timing—especially the fifteenth tithi—highlighting that precise observance of vidhi (ritual rule) intensifies the subtle efficacy (kalā) of offerings and their karmic result.