शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 8
लिङ्गरूपी महादेवो यत्र तिष्ठति कालिके । तत्र ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च सेन्द्रास्तिष्ठन्ति देवताः ॥ ८ ॥
liṅgarūpī mahādēvō yatra tiṣṭhati kālikē | tatra brahmā ca viṣṇuśca sēndrāstiṣṭhanti dēvatāḥ || 8 ||
Translation
Where Mahādeva abides in the form of the liṅga, O Kālikā, there abide Brahmā and Viṣṇu and the gods with Indra.
Word by word
- liṅga
- of the liṅga
- rūpī
- in the form
- mahādēvō
- (mahādevaḥ) Mahādeva
- yatra
- where
- tiṣṭhati
- abides
- kālikē
- O Kālikā
- tatra
- there
- brahmā
- Brahmā
- ca
- and
- viṣṇuś
- (viṣṇuḥ) Viṣṇu
- sa
- with
- indrās
- (indrāḥ) Indra
- tiṣṭhanti
- abide
- dēvatāḥ
- the gods
Meaning
The reason for the great fruit: the liṅga does not stand alone. To set it up is to bring the whole company of the gods to that spot.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 5.