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The means of worshipping Śiva - Verse 49

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 20.49

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Sanskrit Original

शब्दः स्पर्शस्तथा रूपं रसो गन्धश्च भावतः। पदं वर्णाख्यकं विप्र बुद्धीन्द्रियविकल्पनम।।

śabdaḥ sparśastathā rūpaṃ raso gandhaśca bhāvataḥ| padaṃ varṇākhyakaṃ vipra buddhīndriyavikalpanam||

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Śailādi said: The elements beginning with the earth are included in Bhauvana [Bhauvanam]; sound, touch, colour, taste and smell are Pada [Padam] due to their common characteristics. O Brahmin, Varṇākhya [Varṇākhyam] connotes the different varieties of the sense-organs. The Matram connotes the organs of action. The mind, intellect, ego and the unmanifest are known as Kālādhvara [Kālādhvaram]. By Unmanatva is meant the principles beginning with Puruṣa and ending with Brahmā. Īśatva is greater than the greatest. This is the meaning of all tattvas. One who is not a yogin cannot know the real nature of the tattvas which is the nature of Śiva himself.