Shloka 37

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

आवहः प्रवहश्चैव ततश्चानुवहस् तथा संवहो विवहश्चाथ ततश्चोर्ध्वं परावहः

Transliteration

āvahaḥ pravahaścaiva tataścānuvahas tathā saṃvaho vivahaścātha tataścordhvaṃ parāvahaḥ

Translation

อาวหะและประวหะ แล้วต่อด้วยอนุวหะ; เช่นเดียวกับสํวหะและวิวหะ—หลังจากนั้นเบื้องบนขึ้นไปมีปราวหะ (กระแสวายุ) ดำรงอยู่.

Word by Word

• आवहः (āvahaḥ): ‘the bringing/attracting wind’

• प्रवहः (pravahaḥ): ‘the forward-driving/current-bearing wind’

• च एव (ca eva): ‘and indeed’

• ततः (tataḥ): ‘then/thereafter’

• च (ca): ‘and’

• अनुवहः (anuvahaḥ): ‘the following/continuing wind’

• तथा (tathā): ‘likewise’

• संवहः (saṃvahaḥ): ‘the collecting/assembling wind’

• विवहः (vivahaḥ): ‘the distributing/carrying-apart wind’

• अथ (atha): ‘then’

• ततः (tataḥ): ‘thereafter’

• च ऊर्ध्वम् (ca ūrdhvam): ‘and upward’

• परावहः (parāvahaḥ): ‘the higher/transcending upward-bearing wind’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames cosmic vāyu as an ordered set of forces under Shiva’s lordship (Pati). In Linga worship, this supports the idea that prāṇa and the elements are to be harmonized and offered inwardly to the Linga—the axis of order—so the worshipper (Pashu) loosens bondage (Pāśa) through purification.

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

By listing the winds as structured and upward-leading, it implies Shiva-tattva as the governing intelligence behind cosmic movement—immanent as regulation of life-breath and transcendent as the ‘upward’ tendency (parāvaha) that points beyond the gross to liberation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A prāṇa-centered Shaiva discipline: recognizing and steadying the vāyu-currents (prāṇa regulation) so the inner movement turns upward toward stillness—aligned with Pāśupata-oriented yoga and inner offering to the Linga.