Shloka 170

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

इत्येते प्राकृताश्चैव वैकृताश् च नव स्मृताः परस्परानुरक्ताश् च कारणैश् च बुधैः स्मृताः

Transliteration

ityete prākṛtāścaiva vaikṛtāś ca nava smṛtāḥ parasparānuraktāś ca kāraṇaiś ca budhaiḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ การสร้างทั้งเก้านี้จดจำว่าเป็นทั้ง ‘ปรากฤตะ’ และ ‘ไวคฤตะ’ ต่างเกี่ยวเนื่องเกื้อกูลกัน และบัณฑิตยังถือว่าเป็นปัจจัยเหตุในสายโซ่แห่งการปรากฏอีกด้วย.

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• ete: these

• prākṛtāḥ: pertaining to Prakṛti / primordial Nature

• ca eva: and indeed

• vaikṛtāḥ: modified / evolved (products)

• ca: and

• nava: nine

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered / taught

• paraspara-anuraktāḥ: mutually attached, interconnected

• ca: and

• kāraṇaiḥ: as causes / by causal principles

• ca: and

• budhaiḥ: by the wise

• smṛtāḥ: are regarded / stated

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological tattvas to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames creation as an ordered causal network of tattvas; Linga-worship contemplates Mahadeva (Pati) as the transcendent Lord who governs Prakṛti and its evolutes, loosening the Pāśa (bondage) that binds the Paśu (soul) to these causal chains.

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

By emphasizing that the manifest principles are interlinked causes, it implicitly points to Shiva as the higher, independent Cause—Pati—who is not merely another evolute, but the sovereign consciousness under whose lordship Prakṛta and Vaikṛta processes unfold.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway aligns with Pāśupata-oriented contemplation (tattva-vicāra): discerning Prakṛti and its evolutes as causal bonds, the sādhaka turns to Shiva through Linga-upāsanā and inner discrimination to transcend identification with the manifested chain.