Shloka 130

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

Devanagari script

मुमोच पूर्ववद् असौ धारयित्वा धराधरः तस्योपरि जलौघस्य महती नौरिव स्थिता

Transliteration

mumoca pūrvavad asau dhārayitvā dharādharaḥ tasyopari jalaughasya mahatī nauriva sthitā

Translation

Nachdem er sie wie zuvor getragen hatte, ließ jener mächtige Träger der Erde sie frei; und über der dahinrauschenden Wassermasse stand die große Erde fest, wie ein gewaltiges Schiff, das auf den Fluten schwimmt.

Word by Word

• मुमोच (mumoca): released/let go

• पूर्ववत् (pūrvavat): as before, in the former manner

• असौ (asau): that one/he

• धारयित्वा (dhārayitvā): having supported/borne

• धराधरः (dharādharaḥ): the bearer of the earth (the sustaining power)

• तस्य (tasya): of that/thereof

• उपरि (upari): above

• जलौघस्य (jalaughasya): of the flood/mass of waters

• महती (mahatī): great, vast

• नौः (nauḥ): boat

• इव (iva): like

• स्थिता (sthitā): stood firm/remained

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as the sustaining Pati who stabilizes the world amid overwhelming waters—an inner meaning of Linga worship as taking refuge in the immovable support (ādhāra) beyond change.

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

Shiva-tattva is suggested as the dhāraṇa-śakti—the power that bears and then releases according to cosmic law—remaining untouched while enabling stability for the manifested order.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The implied practice is dhāraṇā and sthiratā: in Pāśupata-oriented discipline, the sādhaka holds the mind steady like a boat on the flood of vṛttis, anchoring awareness in the Pati (Shiva).