Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42

अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना

Devanagari script

श्रोत्रे मनसि बुद्धौ च तत्र वक्षसि धारयेत् कालकर्माणि विज्ञाय समूहेष्वेव नित्यशः

Transliteration

śrotre manasi buddhau ca tatra vakṣasi dhārayet kālakarmāṇi vijñāya samūheṣveva nityaśaḥ

Translation

当于耳中、于心意、于慧智之中安立（对湿婆之觉知），继而稳持于胸中之心。既已洞察为时（kāla）所摄之诸业，当于一切集会与诸般行事之中，日日恒常守持此修。

Word by Word

• śrotre: in the ear (faculty of hearing)

• manasi: in the mind

• buddhau: in the intellect/discriminative faculty

• ca: and

• tatra: there/then

• vakṣasi: in the chest/heart-region

• dhārayet: one should hold/retain (dharanā)

• kāla-karmāṇi: actions conditioned by time and circumstance

• vijñāya: having understood/discerned

• samūheṣu: in assemblies/groups/collective situations

• eva: indeed/only

• nityaśaḥ: constantly, regularly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching as preserved in the Linga Purana)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shifts worship from only external ritual to antaryāga—holding Śiva’s presence inwardly in the faculties and especially in the heart, making Linga-bhāva continuous.

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

Śiva is implied as Pati, the Lord to be held in steady awareness, while kāla and karma are seen as conditions affecting pashu (the soul) rather than the transcendent Lord.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Dhāraṇā (concentration) applied to hearing, mind, intellect, and heart—an inner discipline aligned with Pāśupata-oriented remembrance amid all activities.