Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 44

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

Devanagari script

अहङ्कारावलेपेन गर्जसि त्वमतन्द्रितः उपकारो ह्यसाधूनाम् अपकाराय केवलम्

Transliteration

ahaṅkārāvalepena garjasi tvamatandritaḥ upakāro hyasādhūnām apakārāya kevalam

Translation

被我慢之醉所蒙蔽，你不息咆哮，躁动不安。诚然，对不善者施恩只会成为祸因——为缚索（pāśa）所系者，往往将恩惠反作伤害。

Word by Word

• अहङ्कार (ahaṅkāra): ego-sense

• आवलेपेन (āvalepena): by the intoxication/arrogant delusion

• गर्जसि (garjasi): you roar/boast

• त्वम् (tvam): you

• अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ): unwearied/restless/without pause

• उपकारः (upakāraḥ): favor/help/kindness

• हि (hi): indeed

• असाधूनाम् (asādhūnām): of the wicked/unrighteous

• अपकाराय (apakārāya): for harm/for wrongdoing

• केवलम् (kevalam): only/merely.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal admonition within the Purana’s dialogue context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-worship as inner purification: without dissolving ahaṅkāra (ego), devotion becomes noise, and the bound soul (paśu) misuses even sacred grace.

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

By implication, Shiva as Pati is the liberator from pāśa (bondage) like pride; the verse contrasts Shiva’s purifying order with the ego-driven disorder of the asādhu.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A key Pāśupata-Yoga takeaway: subdue ego and boastfulness through discipline, self-restraint, and devotion—otherwise external acts of puja do not transform the paśu.