Scrubbing and cleaning the shrine of Śiva - Verse 9
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 78.9
Sanskrit Original
रक्षन्ति जन्तवः सर्वे हिंसकं बाधयन्ति च। त्रैलोक्यमखिलं दत्त्वा यत्फलं वेदपारगे।।
rakṣanti jantavaḥ sarve hiṃsakaṃ bādhayanti ca| trailokyamakhilaṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ vedapārage||
Sūta said: Hence, violence should be avoided always and at all places. All violent creatures do not harm a man who abstains from violence mentally, verbally and physically. They harass one who injures others. A man who abstains from violence obtains a crore times the benefit that one attains by gifting away the three worlds to one who has mastered the Vedas. Those who are engaged in the welfare of living beings, mentally, verbally and physically and those who follow the path pointed out by kindness go to the world of Rudra.