Shloka 50

सृष्टिपद्धतिवर्णनम्

Exposition of the Supreme Method of Creation and the Tirodhāna-Cakra

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहतिरोभावसंहृतिस्थितिसृष्टिभिः । करोत्यविरतं लीलामेकश्शक्तियुतश्शिवः

Transliteration

anugrahatirobhāvasaṃhṛtisthitisṛṣṭibhiḥ | karotyavirataṃ līlāmekaśśaktiyutaśśivaḥ

Translation

নিজৰ এক পৰম শক্তি (শক্তি)-সহ একমাত্ৰ প্ৰভু শিৱে সৃষ্টি, স্থিতি, সংহাৰ, তিৰোভাৱ (আৱৰণ) আৰু অনুগ্ৰহ—এই পঞ্চকৃত্যৰ দ্বাৰা নিৰন্তৰ দিব্য লীলা কৰে।

Word by Word

• अनुग्रह-तिरोभाव-संहृति-स्थिति-सृष्टिभिः: by (means of) grace, concealment, dissolution, maintenance, and creation
• अनुग्रह-तिरोभाव-संहृति-स्थिति-सृष्टिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह-तिरोभाव-संहृति-स्थिति-सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (अनुग्रहश्च तिरोभावश्च संहृतिश्च स्थितिश्च सृष्टिश्च)

• करोति: does/performs
• करोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अविरतम्: unceasingly
• अविरतम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially)

• लीलाम्: play/divine sport
• लीलाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• एकः: one/unique
• एकः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; शिवः इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• शक्ति-युतः: endowed with Śakti/power
• शक्ति-युतः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्ति-युत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शक्त्या युतः = endowed with power)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: pañcakṛtya as the perpetual cosmic process (continuous līlā rather than a single episodic event).

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It summarizes Śiva’s pañcakṛtya (five divine acts): He governs the cosmos through creation, sustenance, dissolution, concealment of liberating knowledge, and finally grace—by which the bound soul is led toward liberation.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The Liṅga is revered as the living symbol of Śiva’s all-pervading lordship over these five acts; worshipping Saguna Śiva through the Liṅga trains devotion and surrender so that His anugraha (grace) may arise and remove tirobhaava (spiritual obscuration).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as the doer of the five acts while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering bilva leaves to the Liṅga, and praying specifically for anugraha (grace) to dispel inner veiling (tirobhaava).