Shloka 25

सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Cosmogony and the Roles of the Trimūrti

Devanagari script

ससृजेऽथ प्रजास्सर्वा महिम्ना व्याप्य विश्वतः । विराजमसृजद्विष्णुस्स सृष्टः पुरुषो विराट्

Transliteration

sasṛje'tha prajāssarvā mahimnā vyāpya viśvataḥ | virājamasṛjadviṣṇussa sṛṣṭaḥ puruṣo virāṭ

Translation

Then, pervading the entire universe with His majesty, he brought forth all beings. Viṣṇu created Virāj, and from that creation arose the Cosmic Person, the Virāṭ (the universal form).

Word by Word

• sasṛje: created
• sasṛje: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• prajāḥ: creatures/subjects
• prajāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of prajāḥ)

• mahimnā: by (his) greatness
• mahimnā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• vyāpya: having pervaded
• vyāpya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vyāp (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष, absolutive)
• Form: अव्ययभाव कृदन्त; ल्यप् (absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having pervaded)

• viśvataḥ: everywhere; on all sides
• viśvataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वतः-अर्थे (adverb: on all sides/everywhere)

• virājam: Virāj (a cosmic being)
• virājam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: virāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषनाम

• asṛjat: created
• asṛjat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sṛṣṭaḥ: was created
• sṛṣṭaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sṛj (धातु) + ta (क्त, PPP)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि भूतकर्मणि (created/produced)

• puruṣaḥ: the Person
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• virāṭ: Virāṭ (the Cosmic Being)
• virāṭ: Sāmānādhikaraṇa (सामानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: virāṭ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण/विशेषनाम (apposition to puruṣaḥ)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Ādisarga (primordial emanation); emergence of Virāj/Virāṭ as cosmic person

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Viraj
• Virat Purusha

FAQs

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

It presents creation as a manifestation sustained by divine pervasion (mahimā). In a Shaiva Siddhanta reading, the cosmos and the cosmic person (Virāṭ) are effects within the realm of manifestation, while the Supreme Lord (Pati) remains the transcendent ground and inner pervader of all beings.

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

Virāṭ is the universe seen as a divine body, but Linga-worship points beyond the visible totality to the Supreme Pati who pervades it. Saguna Shiva can be adored as the immanent Lord within creation, while the Linga signifies the formless source that is not limited even by the cosmic form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva’s all-pervasion while japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), visualizing the universe as pervaded by the Lord’s mahimā; offer water and bilva to the Linga with the intent to see all beings as resting in Shiva.