Shloka 26

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

स्वपुत्रं च स्मरन् दुःखात् पुनरेह्येहि पुत्रक तव पुत्रमिमं दृष्ट्वा भो शक्ते कुलधारणम्

Transliteration

svaputraṃ ca smaran duḥkhāt punarehyehi putraka tava putramimaṃ dṛṣṭvā bho śakte kuladhāraṇam

Translation

സ്വപുത്രനെ ഓർത്ത് ദുഃഖത്തിൽ അവൻ നിലവിളിച്ചു—“വാ, വാ മകനേ! ഹേ ശക്തീ, നോക്കുക—ഇവൻ നിന്റെ പുത്രൻ, കുലധാരണത്തിന്റെ ആധാരം!”

Word by Word

• sva-putram: his own son

• ca: and

• smaran: remembering

• duḥkhāt: from sorrow/grief

• punaḥ: again

• ehyehi: come back/return (imperative)

• putraka: dear son/child

• tava: your

• putram: son

• imam: this

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen/beholding

• bho: O!/an address particle

• śakte: O Śakti (Divine Power)

• kula-dhāraṇam: the sustainer/support of the family line

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal episode; the immediate utterance is by a grieving father addressing the child and Śakti)

Characters & Entities

• Shakti

FAQs

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

It frames restoration and continuity (kuladhāraṇa) as a function of divine power—Śakti—implying that worship of the Linga (Pati) is incomplete without honoring Śakti as the manifest force that sustains life, lineage, and dharma.

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

Though Shiva is not named directly, the verse points to Shaiva Siddhanta’s principle that Pati’s grace operates through Śakti: the bound condition of the pashu (grief and separation) turns toward divine power for restoration, indicating the compassionate, life-sustaining aspect of Shiva-tattva mediated by Śakti.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The key practice is śaraṇāgati (surrender) amid duḥkha: a pashu, afflicted by pasha (sorrow), calls upon Śakti for reversal and protection—an inner posture aligned with Pāśupata-oriented devotion that later expresses itself as Linga-pūjā and mantra-prārthanā.