शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 22
यथा चक्रार्चने देवि कोऽपि दोषो न विद्यते । शिवक्षेत्रे महातीर्थे तथा जानीहि कालिके ॥ २२ ॥
yathā cakrārcanē dēvi kō’pi dōṣō na vidyatē | śivakṣētrē mahātīrthē tathā jānīhi kālikē || 22 ||
Translation
As in the worship of the circle no fault at all is found, O Devī, so know it to be in the field of Śiva, that great tīrtha, O Kālikā.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- cakra
- of the circle
- arcanē
- in the worship
- dēvi
- O Devī
- kō’pi
- any at all
- dōṣō
- (doṣaḥ) fault
- na
- not
- vidyatē
- is found
- śiva
- of Śiva
- kṣētrē
- in the field
- mahā
- great
- tīrthē
- in the tīrtha
- tathā
- so
- jānīhi
- know
- kālikē
- O Kālikā
Meaning
The cakra is the Kula circle, where the distinctions of class are suspended for as long as the rite lasts (8.179 and the verses around it). The text gives the field of Śiva the same standing. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 18.