Shloka 21

अद्वैतशैवसिद्धान्ते पुरुष-प्रकृति-विचारः

Puruṣa–Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च महेश्वरसदाशिवौ । ते हि साक्षाच्छिवस्यैव मूर्तयः श्रुतिविश्रुताः

Transliteration

brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca maheśvarasadāśivau | te hi sākṣācchivasyaiva mūrtayaḥ śrutiviśrutāḥ

Translation

梵天（Brahmā）、毗湿奴（Viṣṇu）、鲁陀罗（Rudra）、大自在天（Maheśvara）与常住湿婆（Sadāśiva）——此五者实为湿婆自身之显现，正如《闻传》（Śruti，吠陀）所昭著宣说。

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• महेश्वर: Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे सह)

• सदाशिवौ: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘महेश्वर-सदाशिवौ’ = two (Maheśvara and Sadāśiva)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• साक्षात्: directly / manifestly
• साक्षात्: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• एव: only / indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• मूर्तयः: forms / manifestations
• मूर्तयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• श्रुतिविश्रुताः: renowned in the Vedas
• श्रुतिविश्रुताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति + विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘श्रुतौ विश्रुताः’ = renowned in the Vedas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: brahmā viṣṇuś ca rudraś ca maheśvara-sadāśivau | te hi sākṣāc chivasyaiva mūrtayaḥ śruti-viśrutāḥ

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Vishnu
• Rudra
• Maheshvara
• Sadashiva

FAQs

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

It teaches the Shaiva Siddhanta emphasis that the many cosmic offices—creation, preservation, and dissolution—are coordinated expressions of one Supreme Pati, Śiva; realizing this unity matures devotion into liberating knowledge.

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

By affirming that all divine functions culminate in Śiva, the verse supports Linga worship as worship of the one Lord who appears through multiple saguna forms (Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Maheśvara, Sadāśiva) while remaining the transcendent source.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva as the inner Lord of all divine powers while chanting the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and perform simple Linga-pūjā with bilva leaves as a daily remembrance of Śiva’s all-pervading sovereignty.