Shloka 7

सप्तद्वीप-सप्तसमुद्र-वर्णनम् तथा प्रियव्रतवंश-राज्यविभागः

Devanagari script

यदा प्रबुद्धो भगवान् प्रबुद्धमखिलं जगत् यदा सुप्तस्तदा सुप्तं तन्मयं च चराचरम्

Transliteration

yadā prabuddho bhagavān prabuddhamakhilaṃ jagat yadā suptastadā suptaṃ tanmayaṃ ca carācaram

Translation

భగవాన్ (పతి) జాగృతుడైనప్పుడు సమస్త జగత్తు జాగృతమగును; ఆయన శయనించినప్పుడు చరాచరమంతా తన్నయమై నిద్రించును।

Word by Word

• yadā: when

• prabuddhaḥ: awakened, fully manifest

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord (Pati)

• prabuddham: awakened/active

• akhilam: entire

• jagat: world, cosmos

• yadā: when

• suptaḥ: asleep, withdrawn

• tadā: then

• suptam: asleep/latent

• tanmayam: consisting of Him, pervaded by Him

• ca: and

• cara-acaram: the moving and the unmoving (all beings and things).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as the all-pervading Pati whose power of manifestation and withdrawal governs the entire chara-achara world; Linga worship thus becomes meditation on the one Reality in whom creation awakens and into whom it dissolves.

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

Shiva is presented as the sovereign Consciousness whose “waking” signifies cosmic disclosure (srishti/pravṛtti) and whose “sleep” signifies cosmic retraction (laya/nivṛtti), while all beings (pashu) remain tanmaya—dependent upon and pervaded by Him.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A contemplative Pashupata-oriented practice is implied: dhyāna on Shiva as the inner ground of waking, dream, and deep sleep—cultivating vairāgya and turning awareness from pasha (bondage) toward Pati (the Lord).