Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7

Adhyaya 45: Rudra as Sarvatma—Seven Lokas, Seven Talas, and the Cosmic Body of Shiva

Devanagari script

पुरा वः कथितं सर्वं मयाण्डस्य यथा कृतिः भुवनानां स्वरूपं च ब्रह्माण्डे कथयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

purā vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ mayāṇḍasya yathā kṛtiḥ bhuvanānāṃ svarūpaṃ ca brahmāṇḍe kathayāmyaham

Translation

Noon pa’y naipahayag ko na sa inyo ang lahat kung paano nilikha ang Kosmikong Itlog (Aṇḍa). Ngayon, sa loob ng Brahmāṇḍa na iyon, ilalarawan ko ang tunay na anyo at pagkakaayos ng mga daigdig.

Word by Word

• पुरा (purā): formerly, previously

• वः (vaḥ): to you (all)

• कथितं (kathitaṃ): narrated, told

• सर्वं (sarvaṃ): all, entirely

• मया (mayā): by me

• अण्डस्य (aṇḍasya): of the cosmic egg (Brahmāṇḍa)

• यथा (yathā): as, in the manner that

• कृतिः (kṛtiḥ): making, formation, construction

• भुवनानाम् (bhuvanānām): of the worlds

• स्वरूपं (svarūpaṃ): essential form, true nature

• च (ca): and

• ब्रह्माण्डे (brahmāṇḍe): in the Brahmāṇḍa, in the cosmic egg

• कथयामि (kathayāmi): I explain, I narrate

• अहम् (aham): I

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Brahmanda

FAQs

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

It frames the cosmos (Brahmāṇḍa and the bhuvanas) as the ordered field in which the Linga’s supremacy is later understood—Shiva as Pati is the ground of creation, and Linga worship aligns the pashu (soul) with that cosmic order.

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

Implicitly, it presents creation as intelligible and structured; in Shaiva Siddhanta, such order points to Pati (Shiva) as the governing consciousness behind the Brahmāṇḍa, while the described worlds belong to the realm where pashu and pasha operate.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated in this verse; the takeaway is preparatory—cosmic contemplation (brahmāṇḍa-dhyāna) that supports Pashupata-oriented insight by situating the practitioner within Shiva’s created order.