Shloka 7

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

प्रलये समनुप्राप्ते नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे नष्टे देवासुरे चैव नष्टे चोरगराक्षसे

Transliteration

pralaye samanuprāpte naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame naṣṭe devāsure caiva naṣṭe coragarākṣase

Translation

Когда космическая пралая пришла во всей полноте — когда погибло всё неподвижное и движущееся; когда исчезли и девы и асуры; когда были уничтожены также наги-змеи и ракшасы — остаётся лишь Верховный Господь, Пати, превыше всякой паши и всякого имени, как основание нового проявления.

Word by Word

• pralaye: at the dissolution

• samanuprāpte: having fully arrived/come to pass

• naṣṭe: destroyed/perished

• sthāvara: immobile beings (plants, mountains, etc.)

• jaṅgame: moving beings (animals, humans, etc.)

• devāsure: devas and asuras

• ca eva: and indeed/also

• naṣṭe: destroyed

• uraga: serpents/nāgas

• rākṣase: rākṣasas/demonic beings

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga account to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Asuras
• Nāgas (Uraga)
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

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

By declaring that all categories of beings perish at pralaya, the verse points the devotee toward the Linga as the sign of the deathless Pati—worship of whom transcends fear of cosmic change and anchors the mind in the imperishable reality.

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

It implies Shiva-tattva as that which is not exhausted by dissolution: while pashu (souls in embodied states) and the manifest worlds collapse, the supreme Pati remains the stable ground from which creation can re-arise.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Contemplation of pralaya supports Pāśupata-style vairāgya (dispassion): seeing the perishability of all beings, the sādhaka turns inward to steadiness in Shiva, making Linga-pūjā and japa instruments for liberation from pasha.