Shloka 11

Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः

Devanagari script

कृष्णपक्षस्त्वहस्तेषां शुक्लः स्वप्नाय शर्वरी त्रिंशद्ये मानुषा मासाः पित्र्यो मासस्तु स स्मृतः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇapakṣastvahasteṣāṃ śuklaḥ svapnāya śarvarī triṃśadye mānuṣā māsāḥ pitryo māsastu sa smṛtaḥ

Translation

بالنسبة إلى الـPitṛ (الكائنات السلفية)، فإن النصف المظلم من الشهر (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) هو نهارهم، وأما النصف المضيء (śukla-pakṣa) فهو ليلهم المخصص للنوم. وتُذكَر ثلاثون شهرًا من شهور البشر على أنها شهر واحد في حساب الـPitṛ.

Word by Word

• कृष्णपक्षः: the dark fortnight

• तु: indeed

• अहः: day

• तेषाम्: of them (the Pitṛs)

• शुक्लः: the bright (fortnight)

• स्वप्नाय: for sleep

• शर्वरी: night

• त्रिंशत्: thirty

• ये: which

• मानुषाः: human

• मासाः: months

• पित्र्यः: belonging to the Pitṛs/ancestral

• मासः: month

• तु: indeed

• सः: that

• स्मृतः: is remembered/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Pitrs

FAQs

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

It establishes sacred time-reckoning: Shiva-puja, śrāddha, and offerings to Pitṛs gain efficacy when performed with correct kāla-jñāna, since time (kāla) is a governing power under Pati (Shiva).

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

By mapping different realms’ day-night measures, it implies Shiva as Kāla-īśvara—the Lord who regulates cosmic time that binds the paśu (soul) through pasha (temporal limitation) until liberation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Ritual timing for Pitṛ-related rites (śrāddha, tarpaṇa) and associated Shiva worship is implied; yogically, it points to transcending kāla as a form of pasha through disciplined sādhana.