Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22

सर्‍वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause

Devanagari script

अनेन चित्रकृत्येन प्रथमं सृज्यते जगत् । अंतकाले पुनश्चेदं तस्मिन्प्रलयमेष्यते

Transliteration

anena citrakṛtyena prathamaṃ sṛjyate jagat | aṃtakāle punaścedaṃ tasminpralayameṣyate

Translation

Durch dieses wunderbare, vielfarbige Wirken Seiner Macht wird das Weltall zuerst hervorgebracht. Und am Ende der Zeit kehrt eben dieses Weltall in die Auflösung zurück, in Ihm, in der Pralaya.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• चित्र-कृत्येन: by the wondrous act
• चित्र-कृत्येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: चित्रं कृत्यम् (wonderful act)

• प्रथमम्: first/at first
• प्रथमम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन (accusative used adverbially)

• सृज्यते: is created
• सृज्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अन्त-काले: at the end-time
• अन्त-काले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अन्तस्य काले (at the time of the end)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• इदम्: this (world)
• इदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that (time/state)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• प्रलयम्: dissolution
• प्रलयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• एष्यते: will go/enter (into)
• एष्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: mahapralaya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It affirms Shiva as Pati—the ultimate ground in whom the universe arises and into whom it dissolves—guiding the seeker to disidentify from transient forms and seek liberation through devotion and right knowledge.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The Linga signifies the changeless reality that supports all change; worship of Saguna Shiva (with form) trains the mind to rest in that one Lord who manifests the cosmos and also withdraws it at pralaya.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Contemplate Shiva as the inner support of arising and passing experiences while repeating the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering all perceptions back into Him as a daily practice of reabsorption (laya).