Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

वैकारिकः स सर्गस्तु युगपत् सम्प्रवर्तते इन्द्रियस् बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि पञ्चैव पञ्च कर्मेन्द्रियाणि च

Transliteration

vaikārikaḥ sa sargastu yugapat sampravartate indriyas buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiva pañca karmendriyāṇi ca

Translation

由毗迦利迦（vaikārika，萨埵性）之原理，此创造同时发动：诸根生起——五知根（buddhīndriya）与五业根（karmendriya）。

Word by Word

• वैकारिकः (vaikārikaḥ): sāttvika, luminous (mode of sattva)

• सः (saḥ): that

• सर्गः (sargaḥ): creation/emergence

• तु (tu): indeed

• युगपत् (yugapat): simultaneously, all at once

• सम्प्रवर्तते (sampravartate): comes forth, begins to operate

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi): sense-faculties

• बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि (buddhīndriyāṇi): organs of knowledge/perception

• पञ्च (pañca): five

• एव (eva): only/indeed

• पञ्च (pañca): five

• कर्मेन्द्रियाणि (karmendriyāṇi): organs of action

• च (ca): and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

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

It frames embodied life as arising through the indriyas; Linga worship in Shaiva thought aims to purify and transcend these faculties so the pashu (soul) turns from pasha (sense-bondage) toward Pati (Shiva).

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

By implication it distinguishes Shiva-tattva as the transcendent Pati beyond the emergent instruments (indriyas); the senses arise in prakritic creation, while Shiva remains the sovereign witness and liberator.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Indriya-nigraha (restraint and refinement of the senses) is indicated—central to Pashupata Yoga and Shaiva sadhana, where perception and action are disciplined and offered to Shiva through mantra, puja, and inner absorption.