Shloka 68

Svagati-varṇana

Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment

Devanagari script

कल्पान्ते चैव संप्राप्तेऽसृजद्रुद्रं हृदः प्रभुः । ततस्समहरत्कृत्स्नं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्

Transliteration

kalpānte caiva saṃprāpte'sṛjadrudraṃ hṛdaḥ prabhuḥ | tatassamaharatkṛtsnaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam

Translation

Cuando llegó el fin del kalpa, el Señor hizo surgir a Rudra de Su propio corazón; y entonces Rudra reabsorbió el universo entero—lo inmóvil y lo móvil—en la disolución.

Word by Word

• कल्पान्ते: at the end of the kalpa
• कल्पान्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण) / Time
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प-अन्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (masc loc sg); समयाधिकरण (at the end of the aeon)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (indeed)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) had come/arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण) / Locative absolute
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; 'when (it) had arrived' (locative absolute sense with time)

• असृजत्: created, emitted
• असृजत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (masc acc sg)

• हृदः: from (his) heart
• हृदः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्/हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन (neuter abl sg); अपादान (from the heart)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masc nom sg)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• समहरत्: withdrew, destroyed
• समहरत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + हृ (धातु √हृ 'to take/withdraw')
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृत्स्नम्: entire, whole
• कृत्स्नम्: Karma (कर्म) / Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter acc sg adjective)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (neuter acc sg)

• स्थावरजङ्गमम्: immobile and mobile (beings)
• स्थावरजङ्गमम्: Karma (कर्म) / Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर-जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter acc sg); द्वन्द्वः (immobile and mobile)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: kalpānta/pralaya (end of aeon)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra

FAQs

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

It teaches that dissolution (pralaya) is not chaos but Shiva’s orderly grace: the Lord manifests Rudra as the power that withdraws names and forms, urging the seeker to detach from the transient and seek the eternal Pati (Shiva).

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

Rudra here is Shiva’s Saguna function as the dissolver; Linga worship trains the mind to see all forms returning to the formless ground—Shiva as the substratum beyond creation and dissolution.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is dissolution-meditation with the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplating the withdrawal of the moving and unmoving universe into Shiva, supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder of impermanence.