Shloka 53

मुनिमोहशमनम्

Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī

Devanagari script

वायुः संभवते खात्तु वाताद्भवति वै जलम् जलात् सम्भवति प्राणः प्राणाच्छुक्रं विवर्धते

Transliteration

vāyuḥ saṃbhavate khāttu vātādbhavati vai jalam jalāt sambhavati prāṇaḥ prāṇācchukraṃ vivardhate

Translation

ആകാശം (ഖ) മുതൽ വായു ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു; വായുവിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ ജലം ഉണ്ടാകുന്നു. ജലത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പ്രാണൻ ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു; പ്രാണത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ശുക്രം പോഷിതമായി വർധിക്കുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ പതി—ശിവന്റെ അധീനത്തിൽ തത്ത്വങ്ങളുടെ ക്രമവികാസത്തിലൂടെ ദേഹധാരി പശു രൂപപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• वायुः (vāyuḥ): wind, the air-principle

• संभवते (saṃbhavate): arises, comes into manifestation

• खात् (khāt): from space/ākāśa

• तु (tu): indeed, and

• वातात् (vātāt): from wind/air-current

• भवति (bhavati): becomes, comes to be

• वै (vai): surely, indeed

• जलम् (jalam): water

• जलात् (jalāt): from water

• सम्भवति (sambhavati): is produced, arises

• प्राणः (prāṇaḥ): vital breath, life-force

• प्राणात् (prāṇāt): from prāṇa

• शुक्रम् (śukram): semen, generative essence, reproductive vitality

• विवर्धते (vivardhate): grows, is augmented

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames embodiment as a stepwise manifestation of tattvas under Śiva (Pati). Linga worship reminds the devotee that the same Lord who transcends creation also governs the elemental chain that forms the pashu, making worship a return from effects to the Cause.

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

By implying an ordered emergence of principles, it points to Śiva-tattva as the supreme regulator beyond the elements—Pati who enables manifestation while remaining unbound, unlike the pashu who becomes conditioned through prāṇa and bodily essences.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It implicitly supports prāṇa-sādhana (discipline of vital breath) central to Pāśupata-oriented yoga: refining prāṇa helps loosen pāśa (bondage) tied to bodily processes, turning the practitioner toward Śiva through inner purity and controlled life-force.