Shloka 59

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

परापरेति कथिते नैवेह परमार्थतः अहमेव जगत्सर्वं मय्येव सकलं जगत्

Transliteration

parāpareti kathite naiveha paramārthataḥ ahameva jagatsarvaṃ mayyeva sakalaṃ jagat

Translation

此处虽说“上”与“下”，然在究竟真谛中并无此分别。唯我即是一切宇宙，万有诸界亦唯住于我之中。

Word by Word

• परापरा-इति: as ‘higher and lower’

• कथिते: when it is spoken/defined

• न एव: not indeed

• इह: here (in this teaching/world)

• परमार्थतः: in the highest truth

• अहम् एव: I alone

• जगत्-सर्वम्: the entire universe

• मयि एव: in Me alone

• सकलम् जगत्: the whole cosmos (all that moves and does not move)

Speaker

Shiva (Pati) speaking as the Supreme Teacher within Suta’s narration

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga worship as worship of the all-pervading Pati: the Linga is not a mere symbol but the Supreme ground in whom the entire jagat is established, dissolving the idea of a separate ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ reality.

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

Shiva is presented as the sole, ultimate reality—immanent as the universe and transcendent as its support—so that all distinctions collapse in paramārtha (highest truth).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The yogic takeaway aligns with Pāśupata orientation: contemplative absorption (bhāvanā) on Shiva as the substratum of all experience, supporting inner Linga-dhyāna alongside external pūjā.