Shloka 47

अविद्या-पञ्चक, नवसर्ग-क्रमः, प्रजापति-प्रसवः

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 5

Devanagari script

सत्यनेत्रो मुनिर्भव्यो मूर्तिरापः शनैश्चरः सोमश् च वै श्रुतिः षष्ठी पञ्चात्रेयास्तु सूनवः

Transliteration

satyanetro munirbhavyo mūrtirāpaḥ śanaiścaraḥ somaś ca vai śrutiḥ ṣaṣṭhī pañcātreyāstu sūnavaḥ

Translation

祂以真理为眼；祂是圣仙；祂是吉祥者。祂的具身之相为诸水；祂是善尼施遮罗（Śanaiścara，土星）；祂亦是苏摩（Soma，月神）。祂确是“闻”（Śruti，吠陀）；祂是第六之理；祂亦是阿特里（Atri）的五子。

Word by Word

• सत्यनेत्रः: one whose eye is truth / whose vision is सत्य

• मुनिः: sage, silent seer

• भव्यो: auspicious, worthy of reverence

• मूर्तिः: embodied form, manifestation

• आपः: the waters, primordial cosmic waters

• शनैश्चरः: Śani, the slow-moving one (Saturn)

• सोमः: Soma, Moon, lunar nectar

• च: and

• वै: indeed

• श्रुतिः: Śruti, Veda/revelation

• षष्ठी: the sixth (as a category/principle/measure)

• पञ्च: five

• आत्रेयाः: sons/lineage of Atri (Ātreyas)

• तु: and/indeed

• सूनवः: sons, offspring

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s epithets to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shani (Saturn)
• Soma (Moon)
• Shruti (Veda)
• Atri

FAQs

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

By naming Shiva as Waters, planets (Śani and Soma), and Śruti itself, the verse frames Linga worship as worship of the all-pervading Pati who manifests as the cosmos and as Vedic revelation—so the Linga becomes a universal support for devotion beyond sectarian limits.

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

It presents Shiva-tattva as both transcendent and immanent: the seer of truth (satyanetra, muni) and also the manifest principles within creation (āpah, planetary powers, and the Veda), indicating the Lord as Pati who governs pashus through cosmic order while remaining the auspicious reality.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse supports a Shaiva Siddhanta/Pāśupata orientation where the practitioner contemplates Shiva’s vyāpti (pervasion) in tattvas—especially in purificatory waters and in Vedic śruti—thus grounding Linga-pūjā and japa in a cosmos-pervading meditation on Pati.