Shloka 178
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
मानसानसृजद्ब्रह्मा पुनः स्थानाभिमानिनः आ भूतसम्प्लवावस्था यैरियं विधृता मही
mānasānasṛjadbrahmā punaḥ sthānābhimāninaḥ ā bhūtasamplavāvasthā yairiyaṃ vidhṛtā mahī
Entonces Brahmā volvió a engendrar—por una creación nacida de la mente—las potencias rectoras que se identifican con sus puestos cósmicos. Por ellas esta Tierra es sostenida hasta el estado de disolución, cuando todos los seres quedan sumergidos.
Suta (narrating the cosmic account, including Brahmā’s acts of creation)
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It frames the cosmos as sustained by appointed presiding powers until pralaya—supporting the Linga-Purana’s Shaiva view that all offices and worlds function under higher divine order, ultimately grounded in Pati (Śiva) beyond dissolution.
Though Śiva is not named, the verse implies a layered governance: created presiding powers uphold the world only up to dissolution, pointing to a transcendental principle beyond pralaya—aligned with Shiva-tattva as Pati, the unconditioned ground of creation, maintenance, and reabsorption.
A key yogic takeaway is vairāgya from sthāna-abhimāna—releasing identification with status and function—supporting Pāśupata-oriented discipline where the pashu loosens pasha (bondage) by turning from role-identity toward the Lord (Pati).