Shloka 39

उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना

Devanagari script

भवानग्रे समुत्पन्नो भवान्या सह दैवतैः वामाङ्गादस्य रुद्रस्य दक्षिणाङ्गादहं प्रभो

Transliteration

bhavānagre samutpanno bhavānyā saha daivataiḥ vāmāṅgādasya rudrasya dakṣiṇāṅgādahaṃ prabho

Translation

You were born first, together with Bhavānī and the host of gods. From the left side of this Rudra you arose; from his right side arose I, O Lord—thus is the divine ordering of manifestation from the one Pati beyond all bonds.

Word by Word

• भवान्: you (Bhava/Śiva)

• अग्रे: first, at the beginning

• समुत्पन्नः: manifested, arose

• भवान्या: with Bhavānī (Pārvatī/Śakti)

• सह: together with

• दैवतैः: with the gods (devas)

• वामाङ्गात्: from the left limb/side

• अस्य: of this

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra

• दक्षिणाङ्गात्: from the right limb/side

• अहम्: I

• प्रभो: O Lord

Speaker

Brahma (within Suta’s narration)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Rudra/Bhava)
• Parvati (Bhavani)
• Brahma
• Devas

FAQs

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

It grounds Linga devotion in the doctrine that all deities and cosmic functions arise from Rudra (Pati) together with Śakti; worship of the Linga is therefore worship of the source from which all divine powers manifest.

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

Shiva is indicated as the primordial Pati whose single reality expresses as complementary sides—Śakti-associated (left) and creative/ordering power (right)—showing that multiplicity emerges without dividing the supreme Rudra.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse mainly conveys tattva-jnana for Pāśupata orientation: meditate on Rudra as the one Pati from whom all powers arise, dissolving pasha (bondage) through recognition (pratyabhijñā) of Shiva-Shakti unity.