Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 133

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

तदाकाशं च विज्ञानं शब्दजं व्योमसंभवम् तथैव विप्रा विज्ञानं स्पर्शाख्यं वायुसंभवम्

Transliteration

tadākāśaṃ ca vijñānaṃ śabdajaṃ vyomasaṃbhavam tathaiva viprā vijñānaṃ sparśākhyaṃ vāyusaṃbhavam

Translation

彼即是虚空(ākāśa)，亦是由声而生之认知，起于以太。又如是，噢二生的婆罗门们，名为“触”的认知生于风(vāyu)。

Word by Word

• tad: that (principle)

• ākāśam: space/ether-element

• ca: and

• vijñānam: determinate knowledge/cognition

• śabda-jam: born of sound

• vyoma-sambhavam: originating from ether/sky

• tathā eva: likewise

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas/learned ones

• vijñānam: cognition

• sparśa-ākhyam: called ‘touch’

• vāyu-sambhavam: originating from air/wind

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating tattva-teaching within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)

FAQs

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

It maps how sensory cognitions arise from subtle elements (ākāśa–śabda, vāyu–sparśa), guiding the worshipper to withdraw the senses and offer them inwardly to Pati (Śiva) in Linga-upāsanā.

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

By showing that sound and touch are produced within creation, it implies Śiva as Pati is transcendent to these produced tattvas—He is the ground of awareness beyond elemental cognition that binds the paśu.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Tattva-dhyāna and pratyāhāra: contemplating the source of sense-knowledge to loosen pāśa (bondage) and stabilize Pashupata-oriented meditation during Shiva-pūjā.