Shloka 19

एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च

Devanagari script

सविस्मयं वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणो लोकतन्त्रिणः अनुज्ञातश् च ते नाथ वैकुण्ठो विश्वसंभवः

Transliteration

savismayaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā brahmaṇo lokatantriṇaḥ anujñātaś ca te nātha vaikuṇṭho viśvasaṃbhavaḥ

Translation

เมื่อสดับถ้อยคำอันน่าอัศจรรย์ของพรหม ผู้กำกับระเบียบแห่งโลกแล้ว ไวกุณฐะ—พระนาถ ผู้บังเกิดจักรวาล—ก็ทรงประทานความยินยอมด้วย โอ้พระผู้เป็นเจ้า

Word by Word

• स-विस्मयम् (sa-vismayam): with amazement, wondrously

• वचः (vacaḥ): words, speech

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā): having heard

• ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ): of Brahmā

• लोक-तन्त्रिणः (loka-tantriṇaḥ): of the one who administers the cosmic order/world-system

• अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ): approved, assented, permitted

• च (ca): and

• ते (te): O you/your (vocative context)

• नाथ (nātha): O Lord/Master

• वैकुण्ठः (vaikuṇṭhaḥ): Vaikuṇṭha (Vishnu as the transcendent Lord)

• विश्व-संभवः (viśva-saṁbhavaḥ): origin/source of the universe

Speaker

Suta (narrating the internal episode involving Brahma and Vaikuntha/Vishnu)

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Vishnu (Vaikuntha)

FAQs

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

It shows that major cosmic actions proceed with divine sanction within dharmic order—Brahmā’s governance and Vaikuṇṭha’s assent frame the universe as a regulated field where Linga-upāsanā becomes an authorized means for the paśu (soul) to approach Pati (Śiva).

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

Indirectly, it points to a hierarchy of powers: even the world-administration (lokatantra) and Vaikuṇṭha’s cosmic role operate within a higher metaphysical reality. In Śaiva Siddhānta terms, Pati (Śiva) remains the transcendent Lord who ultimately grants liberation beyond the regulated cosmos.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed in this line; the takeaway is the principle of anujñā (divine permission/authorization), which underlies proper puja-vidhi and disciplined sādhana—especially in Pāśupata-oriented practice where actions are aligned to cosmic order and the Lord’s sanction.