Shloka 135

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

Devanagari script

तदाचलत्वाद् अचलाः पर्वभिः पर्वताः स्मृताः गिरयो हि निगीर्णत्वाच् छयानत्वाच्छिलोच्चयाः

Transliteration

tadācalatvād acalāḥ parvabhiḥ parvatāḥ smṛtāḥ girayo hi nigīrṇatvāc chayānatvācchiloccayāḥ

Translation

अचलपणामुळे ते ‘अचल’ म्हणतात. कडे-गाठी (पर्व) असल्यामुळे ते ‘पर्वत’ म्हणून स्मरणात आहेत. जणू गिळले गेले आहेत अशा घनत्वामुळे ते ‘गिरी’, आणि शिळांचा मोठा ढिगारा होऊन पसरल्यामुळे ‘शिलोच्चय’ म्हणतात.

Word by Word

• tad-ācalatvāt: because of that immobility

• acalāḥ: immovable ones (mountains)

• parvabhiḥ: by ridges/knots/joints

• parvatāḥ: mountains

• smṛtāḥ: are known/remembered

• girayaḥ: mountains (giri)

• hi: indeed

• nigīrṇatvāt: because of being ‘swallowed’/massive and engulfing (in form)

• chayānatvāt: because of lying spread out/being heaped

• śilā-uccayāḥ: heaps/accumulations of rock

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames sacred geography: mountains as stable, rock-formed pillars of the manifest world, which supports the Shaiva view of the cosmos as a field where the Linga (Pati) is worshipped through stable, consecrated places.

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

By emphasizing immovability and steadfastness (acalatva), it indirectly mirrors Shiva-tattva as the unmoving Pati—unchanging consciousness—upon which changing creation is structured.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the takeaway is the Shaiva sacralization of mountains as ideal kshetras for tapas, dhyana, and Linga-sthapana within a Pashupata-oriented worldview.