Shloka 25

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

प्राजापत्ये त्वहङ्कारं ब्राह्मे बोधमनुत्तमम् आद्ये चाष्टौ द्वितीये च तथा षोडशरूपकम्

Transliteration

prājāpatye tvahaṅkāraṃ brāhme bodhamanuttamam ādye cāṣṭau dvitīye ca tathā ṣoḍaśarūpakam

Translation

في المرتبة البراجابَتْيَة (مرتبة الخلق) تنشأ الأناوية (أهنكارا)؛ وفي المرتبة البراهمية يكون اليقظان الذي لا يُعلى عليه (البُدّهي). في المجموعة الأولى ثماني صور، وفي الثانية كذلك؛ وكذلك توجد هيئة ذات ستة عشر وجهًا—وهكذا تُعلَّم بنية التجلّي.

Word by Word

• प्राजापत्ये: in the Prajāpatya (Prajāpati-related, creative) order

• तु: indeed

• अहङ्कारम्: ego-principle, I-maker (ahaṅkāra)

• ब्राह्मे: in the Brahmic (Brahmā-related) order

• बोधम्: awakening, intelligence, cognition (buddhi/jñāna)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, supreme

• आद्ये: in the first (category/sequence)

• च: and

• अष्टौ: eight

• द्वितीये: in the second

• च: and

• तथा: likewise

• षोडश-रूपकम्: having sixteen forms, sixteenfold configuration

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological tattva-sequence as taught in the Linga Purana tradition)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Prajapati

FAQs

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

It frames creation as a graded unfolding of inner principles—buddhi and ahaṅkāra—reminding the Linga-upāsaka that true worship is also the inward dissolution of these layers into Pati (Śiva), not merely external ritual.

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

By outlining buddhi, ahaṅkāra, and the eight/sixteenfold manifestations as created orders, it implies Śiva-tattva as the transcendent Pati beyond these evolutes—unconditioned consciousness that is prior to and independent of the tattva-chain.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It points to Pāśupata-oriented inner discipline: observing and relinquishing ahaṅkāra (egoity) and refining buddhi through jñāna and dhyāna so the pashu (soul) loosens pasha (bondage) and turns toward Pati (Śiva).