शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 19
लिङ्गरूपी जगन्नाथो वेद्यां श्रीदुर्गया सह । यत्रास्ति तत्र तिष्ठन्ति भुवनानि चतुर्दश ॥ १९ ॥
liṅgarūpī jagannāthō vēdyāṁ śrīdurgayā saha | yatrāsti tatra tiṣṭhanti bhuvanāni caturdaśa || 19 ||
Translation
Where the Lord of the world stands in the form of the liṅga, on the vedī with Śrī Durgā, there stand the fourteen worlds.
Word by word
- liṅga
- of the liṅga
- rūpī
- in the form
- jagan
- (jagat) of the world
- nāthō
- (nāthaḥ) the Lord
- vēdyāṁ
- on the vedī
- śrī
- Śrī
- durgayā
- Durgā
- saha
- with
- yatra
- where
- asti
- (asti) stands
- tatra
- there
- tiṣṭhanti
- stand
- bhuvanāni
- the worlds
- caturdaśa
- fourteen
Meaning
The vedī is the base in which the liṅga is set, and it is treated in this rite as the Goddess herself (verse 56), so the two together are the one who is worshipped. The fourteen worlds are the seven above and the seven below.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 18.