Shloka 8

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

मत्कृतेन च वर्णेन कल्पो वै लोहितः स्मृतः तदा लोहितमांसास्थिलोहितक्षीरसंभवा

Transliteration

matkṛtena ca varṇena kalpo vai lohitaḥ smṛtaḥ tadā lohitamāṃsāsthilohitakṣīrasaṃbhavā

Translation

എന്നാൽ ഉത്ഭവിച്ച വർണ്ണം മൂലം ആ കല്പം ‘ലോഹിത’ കല്പമെന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. അന്ന് ജീവികൾ ചുവന്ന രക്തം, മാംസം, അസ്ഥി, രക്തിമ ക്ഷീരം എന്നിവയോട് ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട രൂപങ്ങളിൽ, ആ വർണ്ണാനുസാരമായി ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• मत्कृतेन: produced by Me

• च: and

• वर्णेन: by (that) color/hue

• कल्पः: the aeon (kalpa)

• वै: indeed

• लोहितः: red, ‘Lohita’

• स्मृतः: is remembered/known

• तदा: then, at that time

• लोहित: red/blood

• मांस: flesh

• अस्थि: bone

• लोहित: blood/redness

• क्षीर: milk

• संभवा: arising/coming into manifestation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; internal teaching attributed to the cosmic Lord’s agency)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames creation as arising from the Lord’s own power (Pati), supporting Linga worship as devotion to the transcendent source from whom all embodied forms (pashu) emerge.

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

Shiva is implied as the causal ground whose śakti determines the “color” (quality) of a kalpa—showing Him as Pati, the sovereign cause governing manifestation and embodiment.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is contemplative Pashupata orientation—meditating on Shiva as the origin of the tattvas and bodily constituents, loosening pasha (bondage) through right knowledge.