Shloka 53

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

एककालसमुत्पन्नं जलबुद्बुदवच्च तत् विशेषेभ्यो ऽण्डम् अभवन् महत् तद् उदकेशयम्

Transliteration

ekakālasamutpannaṃ jalabudbudavacca tat viśeṣebhyo 'ṇḍam abhavan mahat tad udakeśayam

Translation

نشأ في آنٍ واحد—كفقاعةٍ على الماء—فمن المبادئ المتمايزة ظهرت بيضة كونية عظيمة، مستقرةً على المياه الأولى.

Word by Word

• एककालसमुत्पन्नम्: arisen at one time/all at once

• जलबुद्बुदवत्: like a water-bubble

• तत्: that (manifestation)

• विशेषेभ्यः: from the specific/differentiated principles (viśeṣa-tattvas)

• अण्डम्: the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa/hiraṇyagarbha)

• अभवत्: came into being

• महत्: great, vast

• तत्: that

• उदकेशयम्: lying/resting in the waters

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmogenesis account to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

By describing creation as emerging from principles and resting on the waters, the verse frames the Linga as the transcendent Pati—Shiva—who stands beyond the manifested egg and its elements, making Linga-worship a return to the source prior to worldly differentiation.

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

Even when the cosmos arises “all at once” from differentiated tattvas, it is still a contingent manifestation; Shiva-tattva, as Pati, is implied as the unconditioned ground that is not merely another viśeṣa, but the lordly reality in which the cosmos appears and by which it is sustained.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse supports a contemplative Pashupata orientation: meditate on the impermanence and bubble-like nature of manifest forms, and fix awareness on Pati (Shiva) through Linga-dhyana—seeing the world as a transient emergence upon the waters of undifferentiated being.