सिद्धान्तशिखामणि (शिवयोगी रेणुकाचार्य - वीरशैव षट्स्थल दर्शन एवं शक्तिविशिष्टाद्वैत महाग्रन्थ)

A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
To wear the Liṅga below the navel region is the cause
for sin. It should not be borne at the top of the tuft of hair,
on the back or near the anus. (53)
लिङ्गधारी सदा शुद्धो निजलिङ्गं मनोरमम् ।
अर्चयेद् गन्धपुष्पाद्यैः करपीठे समाहितः ।।५४।।
बाह्यपीठार्चनादेतत् करपीठार्चनं वरम् ।
सर्वेषां वीरशैवानां मुमुक्षूणां निरन्तरम् ।।५५।।
liṅgadhārī sadā śuddho nijaliṅgaṁ manoramam |
arcayed gandhapuṣpādyaiḥ karapīṭhe samāhitaḥ ||54||
bāhyapīṭhārcanādetat karapīṭhārcanaṁ varam |
sarveṣāṁ vīraśaivānāṁ mumukṣūṇāṁ nirantaram ||55||
He who wears the Liṅga is always pure. He should
worship the pleasing Iṣṭaliṅga with concetration on the seat
in the form of palm through sandal paste, flowers, etc. (54)
The worship (of the Liṅga) on the seat in the form of palm is
ever superior to the worship (of it) on any other seat in the
case of all Vīraśaivas who are desirous of liberation. (55)
ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादयो देवा मुनयो गौतमादयः ।
धारयन्ति सदा लिङ्गमुत्तमाङ्गे विशेषतः ।।५६।।
लक्ष्म्यादिशक्तयः सर्वाः शिवभक्तिविभाविताः ।
धारयन्त्यलिकाग्रेषु शिवलिङ्गमहर्निशम् ।।५७।।
brahmaviṣṇvādayo devā munayo gautamādayaḥ |
dhārayanti sadā liṅgamuttamāṅge viśeṣataḥ ||56||
lakṣmyādiśaktayaḥ sarvāḥ śivabhaktivibhāvitāḥ |
dhārayantyalikāgreṣu śivaliṅgamaharniśam ||57||
The gods, Brahman, Viṣṇu, etc., and the sages, Gautama,
etc., wear always the Liṅga especially on their heads. (56)
All the Śaktis, Lakṣmī, etc., who have clear manifestation of
devotion to Śiva, wear the Śivaliṅga day and night at the top
of their foreheads. (57)
वेदशास्त्रपुराणेषु कामिकाद्यागमेषु च ।
लिङ्गधारणमाख्यातं वीरशैवस्य निश्चयात् ।।५८।।
vedaśāstrapurāṇeṣu kāmikādyāgameṣu ca |
liṅgadhāraṇamākhyātaṁ vīraśaivasya niścayāt ||58||
‘Liṅgadhāraṇa’ has been advocated certainly for the
Vīraśaiva in Veda, Śāstra and Purāṇa and also in the Āgamas,
Kāmika, etc. (58)
ऋगित्याह पवित्रं ते विततं ब्रह्मणस्पते ।
तस्मात्पवित्रं तल्लिङ्गं धार्यं शैवमनामयम् ।।५९।।
ṛgityāha pavitraṁ te vitataṁ brahmaṇaspate |
tasmātpavitraṁ talliṅgaṁ
dhāryaṁ śaivamanāmayam ||59||
‘Pavitraṁ te vitataṁ brahmaṇaspate’ (O Brahmaṇaspati!
Your ‘liṅga’ is sacred and all - pervasive) — says the Ṛgveda.
Hence, the Śivaliṅga is sacred and without defects; it should
be borne (on the body). (59)
ब्रह्मेति लिङ्गमाख्यातं ब्रह्मणः पतिरीश्वरः ।
पवित्रं तद्धि निक्ख्यातं तत्सम्पर्कात्तनुः शुचिः ।।६०।।
brahmeti liṅgamākhyātaṁ
brahmaṇaḥ patirīśvaraḥ |
pavitraṁ taddhi nikhyātaṁ
tatsamparkāttanuḥ śuciḥ ||60||
By ‘Brahman’ the Liṅga is meant. The ‘Lord of
Brahman’ means ‘Īśvara’. That Liṅga is well known as sacred.
By its association, the body is pure. (60)
अतप्ततनूरज्ञो वै आमः संस्कारवर्जितः ।
दीक्षया रहितः साक्षान्नाप्नुयाल्लिङ्गमुत्तमम् ।।६१।।
ataptatanurajño vai āmaḥ saṁskāravarjitaḥ |
dīkṣayā rahitaḥ sākṣānnāpnuyālliṅgamuttamam ||61||