Shloka 2
शिवस्यार्द्धनारीनरावतारवर्णनम्
Description of Shiva’s Ardhanārī-nara Manifestation
यदा सृष्टाः प्रजा सर्वाः न व्यवर्द्धंत वेधसा । तदा चिंताकुलोऽभूत्स तेन दुःखेन दुखितः
yadā sṛṣṭāḥ prajā sarvāḥ na vyavarddhaṃta vedhasā | tadā ciṃtākulo'bhūtsa tena duḥkhena dukhitaḥ
جب وِدھس (برہما) کی پیدا کی ہوئی ساری پرجا ترقی نہ کر سکی، تو وہ فکر میں مضطرب ہو گیا؛ اسی رنج سے رنجیدہ ہو کر وہ خود بھی غمگین ہوا۔
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account; the verse describes Brahmā’s state)
Tattva Level: pashu
Cosmic Event: Cosmogonic impasse: created beings fail to proliferate, prompting the creator’s distress.
FAQs
It shows that creation and governance by the limited creator-principle (Brahmā as vedhas) can fall into imbalance; in Shaiva Siddhanta, true flourishing arises when Pati (Śiva) bestows grace and restores order beyond mere material causation.
Brahmā’s distress implies insufficiency of autonomous creation; worship of the Śiva-liṅga (Saguna Shiva as the accessible form of the Supreme) is presented in the Purāṇic flow as the means by which cosmic stagnation is remedied through Śiva’s anugraha (grace).
A practical takeaway is to counter anxiety with Śiva-upāsanā—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple liṅga-pūjā with devotion—seeking Śiva’s stabilizing grace when efforts alone do not yield growth.