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Shloka 59

Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra

Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms

Devanagari script

एतस्मान्मातृकादष्टत्रिंशन्मातृसमुद्भ वः । ईशानाच्छान्त्यतीताख्या कला जाताथ पूरुषात् । उत्पद्यते शान्तिकला विद्याऽघोरसमुद्भवा

Transliteration

etasmānmātṛkādaṣṭatriṃśanmātṛsamudbha vaḥ | īśānācchāntyatītākhyā kalā jātātha pūruṣāt | utpadyate śāntikalā vidyā'ghorasamudbhavā

Translation

Aus dieser Mātṛkā, der Mutter-Quelle, entsteht die Gesamtheit der achtunddreißig (Prinzipien), die aus den Müttern hervorgehen. Aus Īśāna wird die kalā geboren, die „Śāntyatītā“ (jenseits des Friedens) heißt; und aus Puruṣa entspringt die kalā „Śānti“ (Frieden). Die Vidyā geht aus Aghora hervor.

Word by Word
एतस्मात्from this
एतस्मात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
मातृकात्from the mātṛkā (letters)
मातृकात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
अष्टत्रिंशत्thirty-eight
अष्टत्रिंशत्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टत्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या; ‘अष्ट + त्रिंशत्’ द्विगु; परिमाणवाचक (thirty-eight)
मातृसमुद्भवःarising from the mātṛs (letters)
मातृसमुद्भवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘मातृभ्यः समुद्भवः’ (arising from the mothers/letters)
ईशानात्from Īśāna
ईशानात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
शान्त्यतीताख्याcalled ‘Śāntyatītā’
शान्त्यतीताख्या:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशान्ति + अतीत + आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘शान्त्यतीता आख्या यस्याः सा’ (named ‘Śāntyatītā’)
कलाa kalā (aspect/portion)
कला:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
जाताwas born
जाता:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formक्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘born/arisen’
अथthen
अथ:
Nipata (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तर (then/now)
पूरुषात्from Puruṣa (Tatpuruṣa aspect)
पूरुषात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपूरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
उत्पद्यतेarises; is produced
उत्पद्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + पद् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
शान्तिकलाthe Śānti-kalā
शान्तिकला:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशान्ति + कला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘शान्तेः कला’ षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः
विद्याknowledge; Vidyā
विद्या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अघोरसमुद्भवाarising from Aghora
अघोरसमुद्भवा:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअघोर + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अघोरात् समुद्भवा’ (arisen from Aghora); विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘विद्या’)
Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s higher principles to the sages of Naimisharanya, typical of the Kailasha Samhita’s philosophical discourse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities
S
Shiva
I
Ishana
A
Aghora
P
Purusha

FAQs

It maps spiritual evolution as a Shaiva cosmology: powers (kalās) and sacred knowledge (vidyā) arise from Śiva’s aspects, showing that liberation-oriented knowledge ultimately originates in Pati (Śiva) rather than in the limited self (paśu).

Īśāna and Aghora are Saguna manifestations of Śiva contemplated in Linga worship and mantra-dhyāna; the verse teaches that these divine aspects are not mere symbols but sources of peace (śānti) and transforming knowledge (vidyā) leading the devotee toward Śiva-realization.

Meditate on Śiva’s faces/aspects—especially Īśāna for transcendence and Aghora for purifying knowledge—while repeating the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and cultivating inner śānti; this aligns mantra-japa with tattva-contemplation.

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