Shloka 31

Lokapramāṇa–Grahamaṇḍala–Dhruvaloka-vyavasthā

Cosmic Measures and the Arrangement of the Heavenly Spheres

Devanagari script

तस्मादुद्धरते सर्वं यस्मिंश्च लयमेष्यति । कर्ता क्रियाणां सर्वासां स शिवः परिगीयते

Transliteration

tasmāduddharate sarvaṃ yasmiṃśca layameṣyati | kartā kriyāṇāṃ sarvāsāṃ sa śivaḥ parigīyate

Translation

Therefore, He is the One from whom all this is brought forth and into whom it ultimately dissolves. As the doer behind every action, that Lord is celebrated as Śiva.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from him/therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उद्धरते: he lifts up, he rescues, he brings forth
• उद्धरते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण (used substantively)

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• लयम्: dissolution, absorption
• लयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will go/attain
• एष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कर्ता: doer, creator
• कर्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kartar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• क्रियाणाम्: of actions
• क्रियाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• सर्वासाम्: of all
• सर्वासाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of क्रियाणाम्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• परिगीयते: is proclaimed/praised
• परिगीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-gai (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma-samhita’s philosophical teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: laya (reabsorption) culminating toward pralaya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares Śiva as Pati—the supreme Lord from whom the cosmos arises and into whom it dissolves—guiding the seeker to surrender egoic doership and recognize the Lord as the ultimate agent.

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

The Liṅga symbolizes the Lord as the ground of manifestation and reabsorption; worshipping Saguna Śiva through the Liṅga trains the mind to perceive the one source behind all cosmic functions described here.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as the inner doer while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering all actions mentally to Him; this aligns daily karma with devotion and liberation.