Shloka 169

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

Devanagari script

विस्तरानुग्रहः सर्गः कीर्त्यमानो निबोधत चतुर्धावस्थितः सो ऽथ सर्वभूतेषु कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

vistarānugrahaḥ sargaḥ kīrtyamāno nibodhata caturdhāvasthitaḥ so 'tha sarvabhūteṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

جیسا کہ اس کا کیرتن کیا جا رہا ہے، ویسا ہی سمجھو: یہ سَرگ—عنایتِ الٰہی کا وسیع ظہور—پھر چار طرح سے قائم ہو کر تمام بھوتوں میں پوری طرح سرایت کر جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• विस्तर (vistara): expansion, detailed unfolding

• अनुग्रहः (anugrahaḥ): grace, beneficent bestowal

• सर्गः (sargaḥ): creation, emanation

• कीर्त्यमानो (kīrtyamānaḥ): being narrated/proclaimed

• निबोधत (nibodhata): understand, take heed

• चतुर्धा (caturdhā): in four ways, fourfold

• अवस्थितः (avasthitaḥ): established, abiding

• सः (saḥ): that (creation/principle)

• अथ (atha): then/thereupon

• सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu): in all beings

• कृत्स्नशः (kṛtsnaśaḥ): wholly, entirely

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating 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 itself as Shiva’s anugraha (grace) and as all-pervading—supporting Linga worship as contemplation of the Pati who indwells every being and element.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the gracious ground of manifestation: the one reality whose power of anugraha unfolds creation and remains present in a fourfold mode throughout all beings.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A key Pashupata-style takeaway is inner pervasion-meditation: recognize the Lord (Pati) as present in all bhutas, loosening pasha (bondage) through right knowledge and contemplative worship of the Linga.