Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

दश वै द्व्यधिका मासाः पितृसंख्येह संस्मृता लौकिकेनैव मानेन अब्दो यो मानुषः स्मृतः

Transliteration

daśa vai dvyadhikā māsāḥ pitṛsaṃkhyeha saṃsmṛtā laukikenaiva mānena abdo yo mānuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

هنا، في عدِّ البِتْرِ (Pitṛ)، يُتَذَكَّر أنها عشرة أشهر ويُزاد عليها شهران؛ وبالمقياس الدنيوي للبشر يُسمّى ذلك «السنة البشرية».

Word by Word

• दश (daśa): ten

• वै (vai): indeed

• द्व्यधिका (dvy-adhikā): increased by two, plus two

• मासाः (māsāḥ): months

• पितृसंख्ये (pitṛ-saṃkhye): in the count/reckoning of the Pitṛs

• इह (iha): here

• संस्मृता (saṃsmṛtāḥ): remembered/recorded

• लौकिकेन (laukikena): worldly, common

• एव (eva): indeed/only

• मानेन (mānena): by measure/standard

• अब्दः (abdaḥ): year

• यः (yaḥ): which

• मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ): human

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ): is taught/considered.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Pitrs

FAQs

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

It frames kāla (time) as a structured cosmic principle; Linga worship in the Linga Purana aims at turning the mind from time-bound measures toward Pati (Shiva), who is beyond kāla, thereby loosening pasha (bondage).

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

By implication, it contrasts relative measures (human and Pitṛ reckoning) with the Shaiva view that Shiva as Pati is the ground of all measures yet is Himself immeasurable—kāla is within His governance, not a limit upon Him.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway aligns with Pashupata Yoga’s discipline of kāla-viveka—discriminating the transient (time-counts) from the eternal (Shiva), supporting steady japa and dhyāna beyond calendrical anxiety.