Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

पुरुषाधिष्ठितत्वाच्च अव्यक्तानुग्रहेण च अण्ड महादयो विशेषान्ता ह्य् अण्डमुत्पादयन्ति ते

Transliteration

puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca avyaktānugraheṇa ca aṇḍa mahādayo viśeṣāntā hy aṇḍamutpādayanti te

Translation

Weil sie vom Puruṣa (dem höchsten Herrn als Pati) geleitet werden und durch den gnadenhaften Anstoß des Avyakta (des Unmanifesten), bringen jene Prinzipien—beginnend mit Mahat und endend bei den besonderen Elementen—das Kosmische Ei (Brahmāṇḍa) hervor.

Word by Word

• puruṣa-adhiṣṭhitatvāt: because of being governed/presided over by the Puruṣa (Lord)

• ca: and

• avyakta-anugraheṇa: by the favor/impulse of the Unmanifest (Avyakta)

• ca: and

• aṇḍa: (the) cosmic egg

• mahā-ādayaḥ: beginning with Mahat (cosmic intelligence) and the rest

• viśeṣa-antāḥ: ending in the viśeṣas (particularized elements)

• hi: indeed

• aṇḍam: the cosmic egg

• utpādayanti: they generate/bring forth

• te: they (those tattvas/principles).

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It grounds Linga worship in Shaiva metaphysics: creation is not autonomous—tattvas unfold only under the Lord (Pati). Worship of the Linga aligns the Pashu (soul) with that presiding consciousness beyond the manifested egg.

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

Shiva is indicated as Puruṣa—the sovereign presider whose adhiṣṭhāna (governing presence) and sanction enable Prakṛti/Avyakta and its evolutes (Mahat onward) to manifest the universe, showing Shiva as transcendent yet immanent regulator.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse implies tattva-viveka (discriminative discernment) central to Pashupata-oriented sadhana: seeing the world-process as Pasha-bound evolution and turning the mind from effects (viśeṣas) toward the presiding Pati through dhyāna and Linga-upāsanā.