Shloka 16

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

सिसृक्षया चोद्यमानः प्रविश्याव्यक्तमव्ययम् व्यक्तसृष्टिं विकुरुते चात्मनाधिष्ठितो महान्

Transliteration

sisṛkṣayā codyamānaḥ praviśyāvyaktamavyayam vyaktasṛṣṭiṃ vikurute cātmanādhiṣṭhito mahān

Translation

Didorong oleh kehendak untuk mencipta, Maheswara memasuki prinsip yang tak termanifest, tak binasa. Bersemayam di sana sebagai Penguasa Batin dengan Diri-Nya sendiri, Ia menghamparkan ciptaan yang termanifest.

Word by Word

• सिसृक्षया: by the desire/will to create

• चोद्यमानः: being impelled/urged

• प्रविश्य: having entered

• अव्यक्तम्: the unmanifest (pradhāna/māyā in causal state)

• अव्ययम्: imperishable, undecaying

• व्यक्त-सृष्टिम्: the manifest creation

• विकुरुते: He transforms/fashions/causes to evolve

• च: and

• आत्मना: by His own Self, through His own being

• अधिष्ठितः: established as the presiding inner controller

• महान्: the Great One (Mahān—Shiva as Pati).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva (Pati) as the inner presiding reality who makes the unmanifest become manifest—so Linga worship is devotion to the causal Lord behind all forms, not merely a visible emblem.

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

Shiva-tattva is shown as imperishable and sovereign: He enters the avyakta without being altered by it, and as adhiṣṭhātṛ (inner ruler) He initiates the evolution of the cosmos while remaining the Great Lord.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse supports Pashupata-oriented contemplation: meditate on Shiva as the indwelling controller within the unmanifest and manifest states, loosening pasha (bondage) for the pashu (individual soul) through recognition of Pati.