Shloka 27

अलिङ्ग-लिङ्ग-निरूपणं तथा प्राकृत-सृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

पञ्च बुद्धीन्द्रियाण्यस्य पञ्च कर्मेन्द्रियाणि तु शब्दादीनामवाप्त्यर्थं मनश्चैवोभयात्मकम्

Transliteration

pañca buddhīndriyāṇyasya pañca karmendriyāṇi tu śabdādīnāmavāptyarthaṃ manaścaivobhayātmakam

Translation

Para este ser encarnado há cinco órgãos de percepção e cinco órgãos de ação; e também a mente (manas)—de natureza dupla—serve como meio para apreender o som e os demais objetos dos sentidos. Assim, no campo da prakṛti, o paśu (alma individual) experiencia por esses instrumentos, até voltar-se para Pati, Śiva, para libertar-se do pāśa (vínculo).

Word by Word

• पञ्च (pañca): five

• बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि (buddhīndriyāṇi): organs of knowledge/perception (jñānendriyas)

• अस्य (asya): of this (being)

• पञ्च (pañca): five

• कर्मेन्द्रियाणि (karmendriyāṇi): organs of action (karmendriyas)

• तु (tu): and/indeed

• शब्दादीनाम् (śabdādīnām): of sound and the rest (sense-objects)

• अवाप्त्यर्थम् (avāptyartham): for the purpose of obtaining/apprehending

• मनः (manaḥ): mind

• च (ca): and

• एव (eva): also/indeed

• उभयात्मकम् (ubhayātmakam): of a dual nature (both cognition and action-oriented).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological-philosophical account as received in the Purana)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames why sense-control and mind-discipline are essential for Linga-puja: the worshipper withdraws the jñānendriyas and karmendriyas from sound and other objects and reorients the mind toward Śiva (Pati).

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

By implication it distinguishes Śiva as Pati—beyond the sensory-mind complex—while the pashu experiences the world through mind and senses; liberation comes by turning from these instruments to Śiva-tattva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses) and manonigraha (mastery of mind), foundational to Pāśupata-oriented sādhana and to focused dhyāna during Linga-puja.