Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यस्मात्सर्वमिदं ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्रे द्रं पूर्वकम् । सहभूतेंद्रि यैः सर्वैः प्रथमं संप्रसूयते

Transliteration

yasmātsarvamidaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudre draṃ pūrvakam | sahabhūteṃdri yaiḥ sarvaiḥ prathamaṃ saṃprasūyate

Translation

From Him alone this entire manifested order is first brought forth—beginning with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Indra—together with all beings and all the senses.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: from whom/wherefrom
• यस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (यत्-शब्द)

• सर्वम्: all (this totality)
• सर्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used collectively

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• ब्रह्म-विष्णु-रुद्र-आद्रम्: (including) Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, etc.
• ब्रह्म-विष्णु-रुद्र-आद्रम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + विष्णु + रुद्र + आद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; dvandva listing Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra etc. (आदि) qualifying the totality

• पूर्वकम्: preceded by; along with
• पूर्वकम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'preceded by/along with'

• सह: with
• सह: Sahartha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; preposition-like particle meaning 'with' (सह-योग)

• भूत-इन्द्रियैः: by/with the elements and the senses
• भूत-इन्द्रियैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); dvandva 'elements and senses'

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; agrees with भूत-इन्द्रियैः

• प्रथमम्: first; at the beginning
• प्रथमम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) 'first/at first'

• संप्रसूयते: is brought forth; is produced
• संप्रसूयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√सू (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada; with prefix सम्- (सं-)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmī

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Cosmogonic assertion rather than a local māhātmya: all deities and faculties arise from the one source, a doctrinal backdrop often invoked in liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and jyotirliṅga theophany accounts.

Significance: Supports ekānta-bhakti: seeing Brahmā/Viṣṇu/Rudra/Indra and the senses as derivative encourages worship of the source rather than the derived powers.

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: sṛṣṭi (primordial manifestation)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Vishnu
• Rudra
• Indra

FAQs

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

It asserts Śiva as the supreme Pati (Lord) from whom the entire cosmos arises—gods, beings, and even the sense-powers—supporting the Shaiva Siddhānta view that liberation comes by turning the soul (paśu) from sense-bondage (pāśa) toward Śiva.

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

Because all manifest deities and faculties proceed from Him, the Liṅga functions as the accessible Saguna symbol of the transcendent Lord—worshipping the Liṅga is worship of the very source from which Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra obtain their cosmic roles.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is sense-restraint and Śiva-smaraṇa: steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while offering water/bhasma to the Liṅga, contemplating Śiva as the origin and governor of the senses.