Shloka 27

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

प्राजापत्ये तथा ब्राह्मे प्राकृते पौरुषे तथा क्षयसातिशयाद्यैस्तु दुःखैर्दुःखानि सुव्रताः

Transliteration

prājāpatye tathā brāhme prākṛte pauruṣe tathā kṣayasātiśayādyaistu duḥkhairduḥkhāni suvratāḥ

Translation

Im Prajāpatya-Bereich und ebenso in der Welt Brahmās; im Prākṛta-Zustand (materiell) und auch im Pauruṣa-Zustand (individualisiert)—o du von edlen Gelübden—entstehen Leiden durch Schmerzen wie Verlust und Übermaß, und so gebiert Kummer weiteren Kummer.

Word by Word

• प्राजापत्ये: in the Prajāpatya (Prajāpati’s) realm/state

• तथा: and also

• ब्राह्मे: in the Brahmā-world/state

• प्राकृते: in the Prākṛta (nature-born/material) condition

• पौरुषे: in the Pauruṣa (pertaining to the individual person/puruṣa) condition

• तथा: likewise

• क्षय: loss/decay

• सातिशय: excess/surfeit/intensification

• आद्यैः: beginning with and the like

• तु: indeed

• दुःखैः: by sufferings

• दुःखानि: (further) sufferings

• सुव्रताः: O noble-vowed ones (address to the listeners).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Prajapati

FAQs

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

It frames why the Pashu (bound soul) seeks the Linga as Pati’s sign: even higher realms and refined states still generate duḥkha through loss and excess, so refuge in Shiva through Linga-upāsanā is presented as the transcendent remedy.

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

By implication, Shiva-tattva stands beyond both Prākṛta conditions and Pauruṣa individuality; where worldly states multiply sorrow, Pati is the one who is untouched by kṣaya (decay) and atiśaya (over-intensification) and can release the Pashu from Pāśa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse supports vairāgya and Pāśa-bheda (cutting bondage) as prerequisites for Pāśupata-oriented discipline—turning from the cycle of loss/excess toward steady Shiva-bhakti expressed through Linga-pūjā and inner renunciation.