Shloka 34

सृष्टिपद्धतिवर्णनम्

Exposition of the Supreme Method of Creation and the Tirodhāna-Cakra

Devanagari script

सृष्टिस्तु संहृतस्यास्य जीवस्य प्रकृतौ बहिः । आनीय कर्मभोगार्थ साधनांगफलैस्सह

Transliteration

sṛṣṭistu saṃhṛtasyāsya jīvasya prakṛtau bahiḥ | ānīya karmabhogārtha sādhanāṃgaphalaissaha

Translation

การสร้างสรรค์คือการนำชีวะซึ่งถูกกลืนคืนในคราวปรลัย ออกมาสู่ปรกฤติภายนอก เพื่อให้เสวยผลแห่งกรรม พร้อมด้วยกาย อินทรีย์ และเครื่องมือทั้งหลายอันเป็นปัจจัยแห่งการเสวยนั้น

Word by Word

• sṛṣṭiḥ: creation
• sṛṣṭiḥ: Karta/Topic (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Contrast (सम्बन्ध/विरोध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis

• saṃhṛtasya: of the withdrawn
• saṃhṛtasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃhṛta (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from √hṛ with sam-)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) ‘of the withdrawn/absorbed’

• asya: of this
• asya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular

• jīvasya: of the individual soul
• jīvasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• prakṛtau: in Prakṛti/nature
• prakṛtau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय) meaning ‘outside’

• ānīya: having brought
• ānīya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (नी धातु) with ā-
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), ‘having brought’

• karma-bhoga-artham: for the purpose of experiencing karmic results
• karma-bhoga-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma + bhoga + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; purpose accusative (प्रयोजन-द्वितीया): ‘for the purpose of experiencing karma’

• sādhana-aṅga-phalaiḥ: with the fruits of the means and their parts
• sādhana-aṅga-phalaiḥ: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhana + aṅga + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘with the fruits of the limbs/means’

• saha: together with
• saha: Saha (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable meaning ‘together with’ (सह-अर्थक अव्यय)

Speaker

Lord Shiva (teaching in a philosophical discourse of the Kailāsasaṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: re-emergence of jīva after saṃhāra into prakṛti for karmabhoga

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Jiva
• Prakriti
• Karma

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It defines sṛṣṭi (creation) as Shiva’s orderly re-manifestation of the jīva into Prakṛti so the soul can undergo karmabhoga—experiencing and exhausting the results of past actions—using the body and senses as instruments, pointing to bondage (pāśa) as karmic conditioning until true knowledge and grace lead to liberation.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Since embodiment arises for karmic experience, Linga-worship of Saguna Shiva becomes a corrective path within manifestation: by devotion, purity, and right understanding, the same instruments used for bhoga are redirected toward Shiva, weakening karma and attachment and orienting the jīva toward Pati (Shiva) rather than Prakṛti.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to use the ‘sādhana-aṅgas’ (body and senses) for Shiva-sādhana—daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya), Linga-abhiṣeka, and wearing Rudrākṣa/Tripuṇḍra with disciplined conduct—so karmic experience becomes purification rather than further bondage.