Shloka 91

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

पञ्चविंशत्परिमिता न न्यूना नाधिकास् तथा तथा कल्पा युगैः सार्धं भवन्ति सह लक्षणैः

Transliteration

pañcaviṃśatparimitā na nyūnā nādhikās tathā tathā kalpā yugaiḥ sārdhaṃ bhavanti saha lakṣaṇaiḥ

Translation

تُقاس الكَلْبَات بخمسٍ وعشرين: لا أقلّ ولا أكثر. وعلى هذا النحو تقع مع اليوغات، وكلُّ يوغا مصحوبةٌ بسماتها وعلاماتها المميِّزة.

Word by Word

• pañcaviṃśat-parimitā: measured as twenty-five

• na: not

• nyūnāḥ: fewer/deficient

• na: not

• adhikāḥ: more/excess

• tathā tathā: in that same manner/accordingly

• kalpāḥ: kalpas (cosmic aeons)

• yugaiḥ: with the yugas

• sārdham: together/along with

• bhavanti: come to be/occur

• saha-lakṣaṇaiḥ: with their marks/characteristics

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga worship within cosmic time: Kalpas and Yugas unfold with fixed measures and signs, so Shaiva rites are understood as timeless disciplines adapted to the marks (lakṣaṇas) of each age under Shiva’s lordship as Pati.

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

By implying an ordered recurrence of Kalpas and Yugas with defining laws, it points to Shiva-tattva as the sovereign regulator (Pati) of cosmic cycles—time and its characteristics operate under His governance even as souls (paśu) traverse bondage (pāśa).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No single rite is named; the takeaway is Yuga-appropriate sādhanā—Pashupata-oriented discipline and Shiva-puja performed in harmony with the dharma and lakṣaṇas of the prevailing Yuga.