Shiva Purana

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यथा काष्ठेष्वनारूढो न वह्निरुपलभ्यते ॥ एवं शिवो ऽपि मूर्त्यात्मन्यनारूढ इति स्थितिः ॥ १४ ॥

sanskrit

Just as fire cannot be obtained without its being, mounted in the twigs so also Śiva is not known or understood without its being superimposed in the idol.

english translation

yathA kASTheSvanArUDho na vahnirupalabhyate ॥ evaM zivo 'pi mUrtyAtmanyanArUDha iti sthitiH ॥ 14 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/31/14

यथा काष्ठेष्वनारूढो न वह्निरुपलभ्यते ॥ एवं शिवो ऽपि मूर्त्यात्मन्यनारूढ इति स्थितिः ॥ १४ ॥

sanskrit

Just as fire cannot be obtained without its being, mounted in the twigs so also Śiva is not known or understood without its being superimposed in the idol.

english translation

yathA kASTheSvanArUDho na vahnirupalabhyate ॥ evaM zivo 'pi mUrtyAtmanyanArUDha iti sthitiH ॥ 14 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript