Shloka 8

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

मत्कृतेन च वर्णेन कल्पो वै लोहितः स्मृतः तदा लोहितमांसास्थिलोहितक्षीरसंभवा

Transliteration

matkṛtena ca varṇena kalpo vai lohitaḥ smṛtaḥ tadā lohitamāṃsāsthilohitakṣīrasaṃbhavā

Translation

وباللون الذي تولّد بسببي، ذاك الدهر يُذكَر حقًّا باسم «كَلْبَة لوهيتا»؛ أي الكَلْبَة الحمراء. وفي ذلك الزمان خرجت الكائنات في صورٍ متصلة بالدم الأحمر واللحم والعظم واللبن المائل إلى الحمرة—ناشئةً على وفق تلك الصبغة.

Word by Word

• मत्कृतेन: produced by Me

• च: and

• वर्णेन: by (that) color/hue

• कल्पः: the aeon (kalpa)

• वै: indeed

• लोहितः: red, ‘Lohita’

• स्मृतः: is remembered/known

• तदा: then, at that time

• लोहित: red/blood

• मांस: flesh

• अस्थि: bone

• लोहित: blood/redness

• क्षीर: milk

• संभवा: arising/coming into manifestation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; internal teaching attributed to the cosmic Lord’s agency)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames creation as arising from the Lord’s own power (Pati), supporting Linga worship as devotion to the transcendent source from whom all embodied forms (pashu) emerge.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is implied as the causal ground whose śakti determines the “color” (quality) of a kalpa—showing Him as Pati, the sovereign cause governing manifestation and embodiment.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is contemplative Pashupata orientation—meditating on Shiva as the origin of the tattvas and bodily constituents, loosening pasha (bondage) through right knowledge.