Shloka 19

प्रलय-तत्त्वलयः, नीललोहित-रुद्रः, अष्टमूर्तिस्तवः, एवं ब्रह्मणो वैराग्यम्

Devanagari script

सर्गं विसृज्य चात्मानम् आत्मन्येव नियोज्य च संहृत्य प्राणसञ्चारं पाषाण इव निश्चलः

Transliteration

sargaṃ visṛjya cātmānam ātmanyeva niyojya ca saṃhṛtya prāṇasañcāraṃ pāṣāṇa iva niścalaḥ

Translation

外なる創造を捨て、自らをただ自己（アートマン）に安住させて、彼は生命の息の動きを引き収めた。石のごとく、彼はまったく動かず—パーシャがパシュを縛る束縛を超え、パティの静寂に没入していた。

Word by Word

• सर्गम् (sargam): creation, outward projection

• विसृज्य (visṛjya): having released, let go

• च (ca): and

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam): the self/individual awareness

• आत्मन्येव (ātmanyeva): in the Self alone

• नियोज्य (niyojya): having fixed, established

• च (ca): and

• संहृत्य (saṃhṛtya): having withdrawn, gathered back

• प्राणसञ्चारम् (prāṇasañcāram): the movement/circulation of prāṇa (life-breath)

• पाषाणः (pāṣāṇaḥ): a stone

• इव (iva): like

• निश्चलः (niścalaḥ): motionless, unwavering.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the yogic state described in the Purva-Bhaga narrative)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It points to the inner Linga: worship culminates in pratyāhāra and steady absorption, where the devotee withdraws prāṇa and rests the mind in the Self—mirroring Shiva’s own transcendental stillness.

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

Shiva-tattva is shown as niścala (immovable) and self-established—Pati who remains untouched by the outward play of sṛṣṭi, and who can withdraw all movements back into pure consciousness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A Pāśupata-oriented inner discipline: releasing outward projections, fixing awareness in the Self (ātma-niyoga), and withdrawing prāṇa’s circulation—akin to advanced prāṇāyāma leading to deep dhyāna/samādhi.