Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 107

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

इहास्मान्पाहि भगवन् नित्याहतमहाबलः भवता हि जगत्सर्वं व्याप्तं स्वेनैव तेजसा

Transliteration

ihāsmānpāhi bhagavan nityāhatamahābalaḥ bhavatā hi jagatsarvaṃ vyāptaṃ svenaiva tejasā

Translation

噢薄伽梵，请在此护佑我等——汝之大力恒常不减。唯由汝一者，此一切宇宙皆为汝自性光辉（tejas）所遍满、所充盈。

Word by Word

• iha: here (in this world)

• asmān: us

• pāhi: protect

• bhagavan: O Blessed Lord

• nitya: ever/always

• āhata: struck/overcome (negated here as ‘never overcome’)

• mahā-balaḥ: of great power/might

• bhavatā: by You

• hi: indeed

• jagat: the world/universe

• sarvam: all/entire

• vyāptam: pervaded/filled

• svena eva: by Your own alone

• tejasā: by radiance/splendor/spiritual potency

Speaker

Suta (narrating a hymnic prayer voiced by devotees/devas within the episode)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as the immanent Pati whose own tejas pervades all; Linga-worship here becomes contemplation of that all-pervading presence and a direct plea for protection.

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

Shiva-tattva is presented as inexhaustible power (never diminished) and universal pervasion—His self-born radiance sustains and fills the whole jagat, indicating both transcendence and immanence.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A stuti-based upāsanā: taking refuge (śaraṇāgati) and meditating on Shiva’s tejas as the inner pervader—aligned with Pāśupata orientation of turning the pashu toward Pati to loosen pasha.