Shloka 25

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

कृत्वा भक्त्या प्रतिष्ठाप्य यत्फलं तद्वदाम्यहम् सर्वयज्ञतपोदानतीर्थदेवेषु यत् फलम्

Transliteration

kṛtvā bhaktyā pratiṣṭhāpya yatphalaṃ tadvadāmyaham sarvayajñatapodānatīrthadeveṣu yat phalam

Translation

以虔敬安立（湿婆林伽）之后，我将宣说由此生起的果报——那正是从一切祭祀、苦行、布施、朝圣圣地与礼敬诸天所获得的同等功德。

Word by Word

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā): having done/after performing

• भक्त्या (bhaktyā): with devotion

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य (pratiṣṭhāpya): having installed/established (the liṅga)

• यत्फलं (yat-phalaṁ): whatever fruit/merit

• तत् (tat): that

• वदामि (vadāmi): I speak/declare

• अहम् (aham): I

• सर्व (sarva): all

• यज्ञ (yajña): Vedic sacrifices

• तपो (tapo): austerity/penance

• दान (dāna): charitable giving

• तीर्थ (tīrtha): pilgrimage/holy ford

• देवेषु (deveṣu): among/with respect to the gods

• यत् (yat): whatever

• फलम् (phalam): fruit/merit.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya; conveying the phala-śruti of liṅga-pratiṣṭhā)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It states that installing the Śiva-liṅga with sincere bhakti yields merit equal to the combined fruits of yajña, tapas, dāna, tīrtha-yātrā, and deva-pūjā—thereby elevating liṅga-pratiṣṭhā as a supreme Shaiva practice.

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

By equating liṅga-pratiṣṭhā’s fruit with all other sacred acts, it implies Śiva as Pati—the highest refuge and the inner ground of all dharmic merits—through whom the pashu can move beyond pasha (bondage) by devotion-centered worship.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The highlighted practice is bhakti-based liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration). As a Shaiva discipline, it functions like a concentrated sādhanā where devotion and right ritual channel one’s merit toward Śiva, the liberating Lord.