Shloka 49

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

विशेषाश्चेन्द्रियग्राह्या नियतत्वाच्च ते स्मृताः गुणं पूर्वस्य सर्गस्य प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तरोत्तराः

Transliteration

viśeṣāścendriyagrāhyā niyatatvācca te smṛtāḥ guṇaṃ pūrvasya sargasya prāpnuvantyuttarottarāḥ

Translation

Estas particularidades (viśeṣa) son captadas por los sentidos y por ello se recuerdan como determinadas. En las etapas sucesivas de la creación, cada creación posterior llega a poseer la cualidad de la creación precedente, paso a paso, según el orden del despliegue regido por Pati (Śiva).

Word by Word

• viśeṣāḥ: particular characteristics, specific differentiations

• ca: and

• indriya-grāhyāḥ: grasped by the senses

• niyatatvāt: because of determinateness/definiteness

• ca: and

• te: they

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/declared

• guṇam: the quality/attribute

• pūrvasya: of the prior/previous

• sargasya: creation/emission

• prāpnuvanti: attain/come to have

• uttarottarāḥ: the later and later (successive stages)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching as received in the Purana)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames creation as an ordered, determinate unfolding under Pati (Śiva); Linga worship aligns the devotee (paśu) with that governing principle beyond sense-bound viśeṣas.

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

Śiva is implied as the regulator of niyati (order/determinateness) by which successive creations inherit prior qualities; He stands as Pati, the transcendent governor of the manifest guṇas.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Viveka (discriminative discernment) central to Pāśupata-oriented practice: recognizing sense-grasped particulars as determinate products of sṛṣṭi, and turning awareness toward Pati through japa, dhyāna, and Linga-upāsanā.