Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

वृतं शिष्यप्रशिष्यैश् च व्याख्यानोद्यतपाणिनम् कृत्वा भक्त्या प्रतिष्ठाप्य शिवलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

vṛtaṃ śiṣyapraśiṣyaiś ca vyākhyānodyatapāṇinam kṛtvā bhaktyā pratiṣṭhāpya śivalokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

为弟子与再传弟子所环绕，举手宣说教法；若有人以虔敬（bhakti）与应有的礼敬安立（如此的阿阇梨），便得至湿婆之界。

Word by Word

• vṛtam: surrounded/encircled

• śiṣya-praśiṣyaiḥ: by disciples and grand-disciples

• ca: and

• vyākhyāna: exposition/teaching

• udyata-pāṇinam: one whose hands are uplifted/engaged (in instruction)

• kṛtvā: having done/after doing

• bhaktyā: with devotion

• pratiṣṭhāpya: having established/installed (honored in a seat/position)

• śiva-lokam: Śiva’s realm

• saḥ: he

• gacchati: goes/attains

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It links Śiva-bhakti to proper honoring of the transmitting teacher (ācārya) who upholds Linga-dharma; reverently establishing such a preceptor is presented as a direct cause for reaching Śiva-loka.

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

Śiva is implied as Pati—the liberating Lord whose realm is attained through devotion expressed as reverence to the living conduit of Śiva’s teaching, reducing pāśa (bondage) for the paśu (soul).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Guru-pratiṣṭhā/guru-satkāra (devotional honoring and seating/establishing the ācārya) as a Shaiva discipline aligned with Pāśupata-oriented devotion and lineage-based transmission.