Shloka 55

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

पक्षजाः पुष्कराद्याश् च वर्षन्ति च यदा जलम् तदार्णवमभूत्सर्वं तत्र शेते निशीश्वरः

Transliteration

pakṣajāḥ puṣkarādyāś ca varṣanti ca yadā jalam tadārṇavamabhūtsarvaṃ tatra śete niśīśvaraḥ

Translation

പക്ഷിജാതരും പുഷ്കരാദി (പദ്മജ) സത്ത്വങ്ങളും ജലം വർഷിക്കുമ്പോൾ, എല്ലാം അർണവമായി മാറുന്നു; അവിടെ പാശാതീത പരമപതി, നിശീശ്വരൻ ശിവൻ യോഗനിദ്രയിൽ ശയിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• पक्षजाः: winged beings (birds/sky-moving ones)

• पुष्कराद्याः: lotus-born beings and the like (water/lotus-origin beings)

• च: and

• वर्षन्ति: they rain/pour down

• यदा: when

• जलम्: water

• तदा: then

• अर्णवम्: ocean

• अभूत्: became

• सर्वम्: all (the world/everything)

• तत्र: there/in that (ocean)

• शेते: lies down/reposes

• निशीश्वरः: Lord of the night (epithet indicating the supreme Lord, Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Śiva as the transcendent ground even when the worlds dissolve into pralaya-waters—supporting Linga worship as devotion to the unchanging Pati who remains when names and forms subside.

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

Śiva is shown as Niśīśvara—the sovereign beyond cosmic cycles—resting in yogic stillness while creation is submerged, indicating mastery over māyā, time, and dissolution.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to yogic samādhic repose (yoga-nidrā/inner stillness) as the Lord’s mode during pralaya—an archetype for Pāśupata-oriented practice of withdrawal from pasha (bondage) toward Pati-awareness.