Shloka 27

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

पञ्च बुद्धीन्द्रियाण्यस्य पञ्च कर्मेन्द्रियाणि तु शब्दादीनामवाप्त्यर्थं मनश्चैवोभयात्मकम्

Transliteration

pañca buddhīndriyāṇyasya pañca karmendriyāṇi tu śabdādīnāmavāptyarthaṃ manaścaivobhayātmakam

Translation

Para este ser encarnado hay cinco órganos de percepción y cinco órganos de acción; y también la mente—de naturaleza doble—sirve como medio para aprehender el sonido y los demás objetos de los sentidos. Así, en el ámbito de prakṛti, el paśu (alma individual) experimenta por estos instrumentos, hasta volverse hacia Pati, Śiva, para liberarse del pāśa (atadura).

Word by Word

• पञ्च (pañca): five

• बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि (buddhīndriyāṇi): organs of knowledge/perception (jñānendriyas)

• अस्य (asya): of this (being)

• पञ्च (pañca): five

• कर्मेन्द्रियाणि (karmendriyāṇi): organs of action (karmendriyas)

• तु (tu): and/indeed

• शब्दादीनाम् (śabdādīnām): of sound and the rest (sense-objects)

• अवाप्त्यर्थम् (avāptyartham): for the purpose of obtaining/apprehending

• मनः (manaḥ): mind

• च (ca): and

• एव (eva): also/indeed

• उभयात्मकम् (ubhayātmakam): of a dual nature (both cognition and action-oriented).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological-philosophical account as received in the Purana)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames why sense-control and mind-discipline are essential for Linga-puja: the worshipper withdraws the jñānendriyas and karmendriyas from sound and other objects and reorients the mind toward Śiva (Pati).

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

By implication it distinguishes Śiva as Pati—beyond the sensory-mind complex—while the pashu experiences the world through mind and senses; liberation comes by turning from these instruments to Śiva-tattva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses) and manonigraha (mastery of mind), foundational to Pāśupata-oriented sādhana and to focused dhyāna during Linga-puja.