Shloka 69
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
प्रत्यन्तानुपसेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान् स्वकान् सरित्सागरकूपांस्ते सेवन्ते पर्वतांस् तथा
pratyantānupasevante hitvā janapadān svakān saritsāgarakūpāṃste sevante parvatāṃs tathā
يهجرون ديارهم العامرة ويلجأون إلى أطراف البلاد وحدودها؛ ويتركون الأنهار والبحار والآبار، ويلتمسون الملاذ في الجبال كذلك—هكذا يكون اضطراب الناس حين يَضْعُف الدَّرما ويشتدّ القيد (pāśa) على الـpashu، أي النفس الفردية.
Suta Goswami
FAQs
It contrasts outer instability with the need for inner refuge; Linga-worship directs the pashu to the steady Pati (Shiva) when worldly supports—lands and waters—become unreliable.
By implication, Shiva-tattva is the unshaken ground beyond changing places; when people flee to borders and mountains, the teaching points to the true, immutable refuge as Shiva, the Lord who loosens pāśa.
Not a specific rite is named; the takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline—turning from external dependence to inner steadiness through Shiva-smaraṇa, vrata, and Linga-upāsanā as the means to overcome bondage in Kali.