Shiva Purana

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या पिंडेप्यनुवर्तेत सा जातिरिति कथ्यते ॥ व्यक्तिर्व्यावृत्तिरूपं तं पिण्डजातेः समाश्रयम् ॥ १६ ॥

That which follows the body is called jati. The individual is the form of inversion that is the source of the mass species.

english translation

yA piMDepyanuvarteta sA jAtiriti kathyate ॥ vyaktirvyAvRttirUpaM taM piNDajAteH samAzrayam ॥ 16 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

जातयो व्यक्तयश्चैव तदाज्ञापरिपालिताः ॥ यतस्ततो महादेवो जातिव्यक्तिवपुः स्मृतः ॥ १७ ॥

The species and individuals are subject to his command. From that time onwards Mahadeva is said to be the embodiment of the species and the individual.

english translation

jAtayo vyaktayazcaiva tadAjJAparipAlitAH ॥ yatastato mahAdevo jAtivyaktivapuH smRtaH ॥ 17 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

प्रधानपुरुषव्यक्तकालात्मा कथ्यते शिवः ॥ प्रधानं प्रकृतिं प्राहुःक्षेत्रज्ञं पुरुषं तथा ॥ १८ ॥

Lord Śiva is said to be the manifested time-self of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They say that nature is the principal and that the knower of the field is the Purusha.

english translation

pradhAnapuruSavyaktakAlAtmA kathyate zivaH ॥ pradhAnaM prakRtiM prAhuHkSetrajJaM puruSaM tathA ॥ 18 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्रयोविंशतितत्त्वानि व्यक्तमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ कालः कार्यप्रपञ्चस्य परिणामैककारणम् ॥ १९ ॥

The learned say that the twenty-three elements are manifest. Time is the sole cause of the results of the world of action.

english translation

trayoviMzatitattvAni vyaktamAhurmanISiNaH ॥ kAlaH kAryaprapaJcasya pariNAmaikakAraNam ॥ 19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एषामीशो ऽधिपो धाता प्रवर्तकनिवर्तकः ॥ आविर्भावतिरोभावहेतुरेकः स्वराडजः ॥ २० ॥

The Lord of these is the master, the creator, the initiator and the destroyer. The one cause of appearance and disappearance is the self-born.

english translation

eSAmIzo 'dhipo dhAtA pravartakanivartakaH ॥ AvirbhAvatirobhAvaheturekaH svarADajaH ॥ 20 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript