Shloka 162

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

ज्ञात्वा स्वनेत्रमुद्धृत्य सर्वसत्त्वावलम्बनम् पूजयामास भावेन नाम्ना तेन जगद्गुरुम्

Transliteration

jñātvā svanetramuddhṛtya sarvasattvāvalambanam pūjayāmāsa bhāvena nāmnā tena jagadgurum

Translation

既已了知主之真义，他便举出自身之眼作为供献。以至诚之心，他礼敬世间导师——湿婆——一切有身众生之所依，且以此名号而称念供养。

Word by Word

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/realized

• स्व-नेत्रम्: his own eye

• उद्धृत्य: having lifted up/drawn forth/offered

• सर्व-सत्त्व-अवलम्बनम्: the support/refuge of all beings

• पूजयामास: he worshipped

• भावेन: with inner feeling/devotion

• नाम्ना तेन: by that name/with that epithet

• जगद्-गुरुम्: the Guru of the world (Śiva as Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; internal subject is a devotee worshipping Shiva)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It presents Linga-bhakti as both inner and outer: the devotee worships Śiva as the universal support (sarvasattvāvalambana) with intense bhāva, implying that true Linga-pūjā culminates in surrender of one’s faculties to Pati.

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

Śiva is portrayed as Jagadguru and the sustaining refuge of all beings—Pati who upholds and guides all pashus, transcending individual limitation while remaining the ground of their existence.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

An inner-sacrificial act of offering one’s “eye” (symbolically, perception/egoic seeing) to Śiva—aligned with Pāśupata spirit: turning the senses inward, surrendering to the Guru-Lord, and loosening pasha (bondage).