The means of worshipping Śiva - Verse 20
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 20.20
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Sanskrit Original
स्वयमाचरते यस्तु आचारे स्थापयत्यपि। आचिनोति च शास्त्रार्थानाचार्यस्तेन चोच्यते।।
svayamācarate yastu ācāre sthāpayatyapi| ācinoti ca śāstrārthānācāryastena cocyate||
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Śailādi said: I shall mention the necessary qualifications as revealed by preceptors and the scriptural texts. The nomenclature of Śaiva preceptor (the propounder of Śaiva doctrines) is based on. his gravity and not otherwise. Ācārya[2] (preceptor) is so called because he practises the doctrines himself, stabilises others in the practice of those doctrines and gathers together the topics mentioned in the scriptural texts.