Shloka 5

अविद्या-पञ्चक, नवसर्ग-क्रमः, प्रजापति-प्रसवः

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 5

Devanagari script

प्रथमं तस्य वै जज्ञे तिर्यक्स्रोतो महात्मनः ऊर्ध्वस्रोतः परस्तस्य सात्त्विकः स इति स्मृतः

Transliteration

prathamaṃ tasya vai jajñe tiryaksroto mahātmanaḥ ūrdhvasrotaḥ parastasya sāttvikaḥ sa iti smṛtaḥ

Translation

সেই মহাত্মা পতিত পৰা প্ৰথমে তিৰ্যক্-স্ৰোত—পশু আদি জীৱধাৰা—উৎপন্ন হ’ল। তাৰ পিছত তেওঁৰ পৰাই ঊৰ্ধ্ব-স্ৰোত, সাত্ত্বিক ক্ৰম, উদ্ভৱ হ’ল—এনেদৰে স্মৃত।

Word by Word

• प्रथमम्: first

• तस्य: of him/of that (Lord)

• वै: indeed

• जज्ञे: was born/arose

• तिर्यक्स्रोतः: the horizontal stream (tiryak—animals and lower orders)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one

• ऊर्ध्वस्रोतः: the upward stream (toward higher states)

• परः/परस्तस्य: thereafter/next, from him

• सात्त्विकः: sāttvika, pure/illumined

• सः: that

• इति: thus

• स्मृतः: is remembered/declared in tradition

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the creation sequence to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva (Pati) as the originating source of all orders of life; Linga worship is thus worship of the causal Lord beyond the streams of embodied pashus.

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

Shiva-tattva is presented as the transcendent cause from whom differentiated currents of beings emerge, while He remains the sovereign Pati who governs pashu through pasha and grace.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The implied yogic takeaway is ascent (ūrdhvasrotas) through sāttvika purification—discipline, mantra, and Shiva-bhakti—aligned with Pashupata orientation toward liberation.