Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

त्रिंशद्यानि तु वर्षाणि दिव्यो मासस्तु स स्मृतः मानुषं तु शतं विप्रा दिव्यमासास्त्रयस्तु ते

Transliteration

triṃśadyāni tu varṣāṇi divyo māsastu sa smṛtaḥ mānuṣaṃ tu śataṃ viprā divyamāsāstrayastu te

Translation

ثلاثون سنةً من سنين البشر تُعلَن أنها تُكوِّن «شهراً إلهياً». ويا أيها البراهمة، إن مئة سنةٍ بشرية تُقال إنها تساوي ثلاثةً من تلك الأشهر الإلهية—وهكذا تُعلَّم مقاييس الزمان التي بها تُفهم دورات الخلق والفناء تحت سيادة پَتي (شيفا).

Word by Word

• triṁśat: thirty

• yāni: (which are) / consisting of

• tu: indeed

• varṣāṇi: years

• divyaḥ: divine

• māsaḥ: month

• tu: and

• saḥ: that

• smṛtaḥ: is remembered/declared

• mānuṣam: human (reckoning)

• tu: indeed

• śatam: a hundred

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas

• divya-māsāḥ: divine months

• trayaḥ: three

• tu: indeed

• te: those/that (measure)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It establishes a Purāṇic scale of divine time, helping devotees align vrata, pūjā, and cosmological contemplation with Śiva as Pati—the Lord who governs sṛṣṭi and pralaya.

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

By teaching time-measure as a sacred principle, it implies Śiva-tattva as the transcendent regulator of kāla—within whom the pashu (souls) experience cyclical existence under pasha (bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It supports kāla-anusandhāna (contemplation of time) used in Śaiva vrata discipline and Pāśupata-oriented practice—seeing all temporal cycles as dependent on Pati, not as ultimate reality.