शक्त्यादिसृष्टिनिरूपणम् / The Account of Creation Beginning with Śakti
परमित्यायुषो नाम ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । तत्पराख्यं तदर्धं च परार्धमभिधीयते
paramityāyuṣo nāma brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ | tatparākhyaṃ tadardhaṃ ca parārdhamabhidhīyate
غیر مُظہر پیدائش والے برہما کی عمر کو ‘پرَم’ کہا گیا ہے۔ اس زمانہ پیمائش میں جو حصہ ‘پَرا’ کہلاتا ہے اور اس کا نصف—اسی کو ‘پراردھ’ کہا جاتا ہے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Cosmic Event: kalpa-time reckoning (Brahmā’s lifespan; parārdha units)
It frames even Brahmā’s vast lifespan as a named, measurable unit, implying that all created time is finite—while Shiva (Pati) transcends time and the unmanifest source itself.
By contrasting measurable cosmic ages with the unmanifest origin, it supports Linga-worship as contemplation of Shiva’s timeless reality, with the Linga representing the transcendent ground beyond Brahmā’s temporal cycles.
Meditate on Shiva as Kāla-tīta (beyond time) while repeating the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” using the awareness that even Brahmā’s ‘Parārdha’ is within time, but Shiva grants liberation beyond it.