Shloka 10

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

पित्र्यं पितॄणां सम्भूतिर् धर्मश्चाश्रमिणां तथा अवृद्धिर्जगतो भूयो देव्याः शक्त्युद्भवस्तथा

Transliteration

pitryaṃ pitṝṇāṃ sambhūtir dharmaścāśramiṇāṃ tathā avṛddhirjagato bhūyo devyāḥ śaktyudbhavastathā

Translation

देवी की शक्ति से पितरों का पितृ-तत्त्व और उनकी उत्पत्ति तथा उनके धर्म्य कर्म प्रकट होते हैं; उसी से आश्रमों में स्थित जनों का धर्म भी उद्भूत होता है। उसी शक्ति से जगत् अवनति को नहीं प्राप्त होता; बार-बार देवी की शक्ति ही प्राकट्य का कारण बनती है।

Word by Word

• पित्र्यम् (pitryam): pertaining to the ancestors, ancestral rite/order

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām): of the Pitṛs (manes)

• सम्भूतिः (sambhūtiḥ): origination, coming into being

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ): sacred law, sustaining order

• च (ca): and

• आश्रमिणाम् (āśramiṇām): of those in the āśramas (stages of life)

• तथा (tathā): likewise

• अवृद्धिः (avṛddhiḥ): non-decline, absence of diminution

• जगतः (jagataḥ): of the world(s)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ): again, further, moreover

• देव्याः (devyāḥ): of the Goddess

• शक्त्युद्भवः (śakty-udbhavaḥ): arising from Śakti, born of power

• तथा (tathā): thus/likewise

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Devi (Shakti)
• Pitrs

FAQs

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

It grounds Linga-worship in a Shaiva cosmology where Devi-Śakti is the operative power of Pati (Shiva), from whom dharma, Pitṛ-rites, and the stability of the worlds proceed—making worship a participation in that sustaining power.

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

By emphasizing Śakti as the source of manifestation and sustenance, it implies Shiva-tattva as Pati—the transcendent Lord whose immanent efficacy operates through Śakti, maintaining dharma and the cosmic order.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Ritual emphasis falls on Pitṛ-karma (ancestral observances) and āśrama-dharma; yogically, it supports the Pāśupata view that worldly order is upheld by Śakti, which the pashu must align with through discipline and devotion to Pati.