Shloka 40

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

साधकानीन्द्रियाणि स्युर् देवा वैकारिका दश एकादशं मनस्तत्र स्वगुणेनोभयात्मकम्

Transliteration

sādhakānīndriyāṇi syur devā vaikārikā daśa ekādaśaṃ manastatra svaguṇenobhayātmakam

Translation

ഈ പത്ത് ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങൾ സാധനങ്ങളാണ്; വൈകാരിക (സാത്ത്വിക)ത്തിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്ന ‘ദേവ’കളും പത്ത്. അവയിൽ മനസ്സ് പതിനൊന്നാമത്; സ്വന്തം ഗുണംകൊണ്ട് അത് ജ്ഞാനവും കര്‍മവും രണ്ടും ആശ്രയിച്ച് ഉഭയാത്മകമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• sādhakāni: means of accomplishment, instruments for action

• indriyāṇi: sense-faculties (organs)

• syuḥ: are/come to be

• devāḥ: luminous powers (deities presiding over faculties)

• vaikārikāḥ: sāttvika evolutes (from ahaṅkāra in sattva)

• daśa: ten

• ekādaśam: the eleventh

• manaḥ: mind

• tatra: there/among them

• sva-guṇena: by its own quality/nature

• ubhaya-ātmakam: of both natures (knowing and acting)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating tattva-creation in the Linga Purana)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames inner worship: before external linga-puja bears fruit, the sādhaka must understand and steady the indriyas and the mind, since these are the very instruments through which devotion, mantra, and meditation are performed.

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

By implying that the senses and mind are evolutes within prakṛti, it points to Shiva as Pati—transcendent to these instruments—yet approachable when the pashu (soul) turns the mind from pasha (bondage) toward Shiva through disciplined awareness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses) and manonigraha (stabilizing the mind), foundational to Pashupata-style sadhana—making the mind a fit vessel for japa, dhyana, and inner linga contemplation.