Shloka 75

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

एतत्स्वाङ्गभवायैव पुरुषायोपदिश्य तु मायी मायामयं शास्त्रं ग्रन्थषोडशलक्षकम्

Transliteration

etatsvāṅgabhavāyaiva puruṣāyopadiśya tu māyī māyāmayaṃ śāstraṃ granthaṣoḍaśalakṣakam

Translation

ഈ ശാസ്ത്രം തന്റെ അവയവത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച ആ പുരുഷനോട് ഉപദേശിച്ച ശേഷം, മായാധിപതി പ്രഭു മായാമയമായ ഒരു ശാസ്ത്രം പ്രസാദിപ്പിച്ചു; അത് പതിനാറു ലക്ഷം ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങളടങ്ങിയതായിരുന്നു॥

Word by Word

• etat: this (teaching)

• svāṅga-bhavāya: to the one born from (his) own limb

• eva: indeed/alone

• puruṣāya: to the Person (the recipient)

• upadiśya: having instructed

• tu: then

• māyī: the possessor/master of Māyā

• māyā-mayam: consisting of/formed of Māyā

• śāstram: scripture/teaching-system

• grantha: textual unit/treatise

• ṣoḍaśa: sixteen

• lakṣakam: lakhs (hundred-thousands), i.e., 1,600,000

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It grounds Linga-centered Shaiva practice in Shiva’s own revealed śāstra—showing that ritual and yogic disciplines arise from the Lord who governs Māyā, not from mere human invention.

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

Shiva is presented as Māyī—the sovereign of Māyā—who can employ Māyā to project teachings and worlds while remaining Pati, the transcendent Lord who instructs the bound Paśu toward release from Pāśa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to an authoritative Shaiva teaching-stream (śāstra) underpinning Pāśupata-oriented discipline—scripture-guided sādhana that uses regulated practice to overcome Māyā-born bonds.