Shloka 27

सृष्टिपद्धतिवर्णनम्

Exposition of the Supreme Method of Creation and the Tirodhāna-Cakra

Devanagari script

तत्र प्रद्युम्नमुख्यास्ते देवताः परिकीर्तिताः । निर्विकल्पा निरातंका मुक्तानंदकरास्सदा

Transliteration

tatra pradyumnamukhyāste devatāḥ parikīrtitāḥ | nirvikalpā nirātaṃkā muktānaṃdakarāssadā

Translation

于彼处，以普拉丢姆那为首的诸天被称颂。恒离分别妄构，亦无怖畏，常常施与解脱之乐。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there/in that context
• तत्र: अधिकरण (स्थान/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• प्रद्युम्न-मुख्याः: with Pradyumna as the chief
• प्रद्युम्न-मुख्याः: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (प्रद्युम्नः मुख्यः येषां ते = ‘having Pradyumna as chief’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘देवताः’ विशेषण

• ते: they/those
• ते: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (सर्वनाम)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: कर्ता (subject; apposition to ‘ते’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• परिकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed/mentioned
• परिकीर्तिताः: क्रिया (विधेय/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अर्थः ‘उक्ताः/वर्णिताः’

• निर्विकल्पाः: free from alternatives/doubt; undifferentiated
• निर्विकल्पाः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्विकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘देवताः’ विशेषण

• निरातङ्काः: fearless/without disturbance
• निरातङ्काः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरातङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘देवताः’ विशेषण

• मुक्त-आनन्द-कराः: givers of bliss to the liberated
• मुक्त-आनन्द-कराः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (मुक्तानां आनन्दं करोति = ‘giver of bliss to the liberated’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘देवताः’ विशेषण

• सदा: always
• सदा: कालाधिकरण (temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Pradyumna
• Devatāḥ

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It praises exalted divine beings as established in nirvikalpa (non-fragmented, concept-free awareness) and nirātaṅka (fearlessness), indicating that proximity to Shiva’s realm culminates in the steady bliss of mukti.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

In Shaiva understanding, devotion to Saguna Shiva—often through Linga worship—purifies the mind from vikalpa (restless conceptualization), leading toward the nirvikalpa steadiness that is described here as the ground for liberation-bliss.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while cultivating nirbhayatā (fearlessness) and reducing vikalpa; this aligns the seeker with the verse’s qualities of nirvikalpa and mukti-ānanda.