Shloka 70

Svagati-varṇana

Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment

Devanagari script

सर्वज्ञस्सर्वभूतात्मा सवर्भूतभवोद्भवः । आस्ते सर्वगतो देवो दृश्यस्सर्वैश्च दैवतैः

Transliteration

sarvajñassarvabhūtātmā savarbhūtabhavodbhavaḥ | āste sarvagato devo dṛśyassarvaiśca daivataiḥ

Translation

«ພຣະອົງເປັນຜູ້ຮູ້ທຸກຢ່າງ ເປັນອາດຕະພາຍໃນຂອງສັດທັງປວງ ແລະເປັນບໍ່ເກີດແຫ່ງການເກີດຂຶ້ນຂອງສັດທັງຫມົດ. ພຣະເຈົ້າຜູ້ສະຫວ່າງຢູ່ທົ່ວທຸກທີ່ນັ້ນ ສະຖິດຢູ່ທຸກແຫ່ງ ແລະຖືກເຫັນໂດຍທວງເທວະທັງປວງ»។

Word by Word

• सर्वज्ञः: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञः: Karta (कर्ता) / Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc nom sg)

• सर्वभूतात्मा: the inner self of all beings
• सर्वभूतात्मा: Karta (कर्ता) / Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-भूत-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 'the Self of all beings'

• सर्वभूतभवोद्भवः: origin of all beings
• सर्वभूतभवोद्भवः: Karta (कर्ता) / Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-भूत-भव-उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 'source of the becoming/origin of all beings'

• आस्ते: abides, sits
• आस्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु √आस् 'to sit')
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सर्वगतः: all-pervading
• सर्वगतः: Karta (कर्ता) / Qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-गत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc nom sg)

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

• दृश्यः: visible
• दृश्यः: Karta (कर्ता) / Predicate qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृश्य (कृदन्त, यत्/ण्यत्; कर्मणि)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/ya-participle: 'to be seen/visible'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (instr pl); करण (by all)

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

• दैवतैः: by the deities
• दैवतैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (collective), तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (instr pl); करण (by the deities)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It declares Shiva as Pati—the omniscient, all-pervading indwelling Self and the ultimate source of all manifested beings—affirming that liberation comes by knowing Him as the inner ruler beyond limited individuality.

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

Though Shiva is everywhere, He becomes ‘dṛśya’ (directly apprehensible) through graceful manifestation—classically approached in practice via Saguna worship such as the Shiva-Linga, where the all-pervading Lord is reverently encountered in a consecrated form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the indwelling Self in all beings while repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and support it with simple Linga-upasana (water/abhisheka) to steady awareness of His all-pervasiveness.