Shloka 124

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

Devanagari script

ततो महात्मा भगवान् दिव्यरूपम् अचिन्तयत् सलिलेनाप्लुतां भूमिं दृष्ट्वा स तु समन्ततः

Transliteration

tato mahātmā bhagavān divyarūpam acintayat salilenāplutāṃ bhūmiṃ dṛṣṭvā sa tu samantataḥ

Translation

Then the Great-Souled Lord, seeing the earth flooded on every side with water, contemplated a divine form—so that, as Pati, He might guide the bound souls (paśu) through the dissolution-like deluge and re-establish the cosmic order.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then

• mahātmā: the great-souled one

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord (Pati, Shiva)

• divya-rūpam: a divine form

• acintayat: contemplated/meditated upon

• salilena: by water

• āplutām: inundated, submerged

• bhūmim: the earth

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen

• saḥ: he

• tu: indeed

• samantataḥ: on all sides, everywhere

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana account to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as the transcendent Pati who freely assumes a divine form to restore dharma; Linga worship mirrors this by anchoring the devotee in an unshaken symbol of Shiva even amid pralaya-like instability.

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

Shiva-tattva is shown as sovereign and compassionate: seeing the inundated world, He does not become bound by it, but consciously wills a divya-rūpa—revealing mastery over māyā and the power to re-order creation for the sake of paśus.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The key practice is contemplative dhyāna (acintayat) on Shiva’s divya-rūpa—aligned with Pāśupata orientation where inner steadiness and remembrance of Pati loosen pāśa (bondage).