Shloka 169

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

Devanagari script

विस्तरानुग्रहः सर्गः कीर्त्यमानो निबोधत चतुर्धावस्थितः सो ऽथ सर्वभूतेषु कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

vistarānugrahaḥ sargaḥ kīrtyamāno nibodhata caturdhāvasthitaḥ so 'tha sarvabhūteṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

Vernehmt, wie es verkündet wird: Diese Schöpfung — eine weit ausgebreitete Entfaltung göttlicher Gnade — besteht sodann in vierfacher Weise und durchdringt alle Wesen vollständig.

Word by Word

• विस्तर (vistara): expansion, detailed unfolding

• अनुग्रहः (anugrahaḥ): grace, beneficent bestowal

• सर्गः (sargaḥ): creation, emanation

• कीर्त्यमानो (kīrtyamānaḥ): being narrated/proclaimed

• निबोधत (nibodhata): understand, take heed

• चतुर्धा (caturdhā): in four ways, fourfold

• अवस्थितः (avasthitaḥ): established, abiding

• सः (saḥ): that (creation/principle)

• अथ (atha): then/thereupon

• सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu): in all beings

• कृत्स्नशः (kṛtsnaśaḥ): wholly, entirely

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames creation itself as Shiva’s anugraha (grace) and as all-pervading—supporting Linga worship as contemplation of the Pati who indwells every being and element.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the gracious ground of manifestation: the one reality whose power of anugraha unfolds creation and remains present in a fourfold mode throughout all beings.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A key Pashupata-style takeaway is inner pervasion-meditation: recognize the Lord (Pati) as present in all bhutas, loosening pasha (bondage) through right knowledge and contemplative worship of the Linga.