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

154 | A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
endowed with the experience of Brahman realised through the
Path of Ṣaṭsthala. (11)
द्वादशः परिच्छेदः
प्राणलिङ्गिनः पञ्चविधस्थलप्रसङ्गः
अगस्त्य उवाच —
भक्तो माहेश्वरश्चेति प्रसादीति निबोधितः।
एक एव कथं चैव प्राणलिङ्गीति कथ्यते॥१॥
Agastya said —
How is it that one and the same person who is called the
Bhakta, Māheśvara and Prasādin, is called as the
Prāṇaliṅgin? (1)
श्री रेणुक उवाच—
भक्तो माहेश्वरश्चैव प्रसादीति च कीर्तितः।
कर्मप्राधान्ययोगेन ज्ञानयोगोऽस्य कथ्यते॥२॥
Reṇuka says —
He was called Bhakta, Māheśvara and Prasādin by
virtue of his adherence predominantly to action. Here the
path of knowledge is told for him. (2)
लिङ्गं चिदात्मकं ब्रह्म तच्छक्तिः प्राणरूपिणी।
तद्रूपलिङ्गविज्ञानी प्राणलिङ्गीति कथ्यते॥३॥

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His Scholarship and Catholicism | 155
The Liṅga is the Brahman which is of the nature of
consciousness and its Śakti is of the nature of its life-
principle. He who has the realisation of the Liṅga of that
nature, is said to be the Prāṇaliṅgin. (3)
प्राणलिङ्गिस्थलं चैतत् पञ्चस्थलसमन्वितम्।
प्राणलिङ्गिस्थलं चादौ प्राणलिङ्गार्चनं ततः॥४॥
शिवयोगसमाधिश्च ततो लिङ्गनिजस्थलम्।
अङ्गलिङ्गस्थलं चाथ क्रमादेषां भिदोच्यते॥५॥
This Prāṇaliṅgisthala has five sub-sthalas: 1.
Prāṇaliṅgisthala, 2. Prāṇaliṅgārcanasthala, 3.
Śivayogasamādhisthala, 4. Liṅganijasthala and 5.
Aṅgaliṅgisthala. The characteristics of these will be
explained in due order. (4-5)
प्राणापानसमाघातात् कन्दमध्याद्यदुत्थितम्।
प्राणलिङ्गं तदाख्यातं प्राणापाननिरोधिभिः॥६॥
That which springs up from the (inner) navel centre
through the collision of the Prāṇa and the Apāna, is said to
be the Prāṇaliṅga by those who are adept in controlling
Prāṇa and Apāna. (6)
प्राणो यत्र लयं याति भास्करे तुहिनं यथा।
तत्प्राणलिङ्गमुद्दिष्टं तद्धारी स्यात् तदाकृतिः॥७॥
That is said to be the Prāṇaliṅga in which the Prāṇa gets
absorbed like the dew in the sun. He who has borne that
Liṅga becomes that in form. (7)
ज्ञानिनां योगयुक्तानामन्तः स्फुरति दीपवत्।
चिदाकारं परं ब्रह्मलिङ्गमङ्गैर्न भाव्यते॥८॥
That Parabrahma-liṅga which is of the form of