Shloka 35

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

परार्धे तु तमो नित्यं लोकालोकस्ततः स्मृतः एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तो भूर्लोकस्य च विस्तरः

Transliteration

parārdhe tu tamo nityaṃ lokālokastataḥ smṛtaḥ evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ prokto bhūrlokasya ca vistaraḥ

Translation

وفي النصف الأبعد ظلمةٌ دائمة؛ لذلك يُذكَر بوصفه حدَّ «لوكالوكه» الفاصل بين العوالم المتجلّية وما وراءها. وهكذا، على سبيل الإيجاز، وُصِفَ امتدادُ «بهورلوكه» (Bhūrloka).

Word by Word

• परार्धे: beyond that further region

• तु: indeed

• तमः: darkness

• नित्यम्: perpetual/everlasting

• लोकालोकः: Lokāloka (the boundary of loka and aloka)

• ततः: therefore/from that

• स्मृतः: is remembered/known

• एवम्: thus

• संक्षेपतः: in summary

• प्रोक्तः: has been stated/described

• भूर्लोकस्य: of Bhūrloka (the earthly plane)

• च: and

• विस्तरः: extent/expanse

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Bhurloka
• Lokaloka

FAQs

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

It frames the cosmos as a bounded, ordered manifestation; Linga worship aligns the pashu (soul) to Pati (Shiva) who transcends all lokas, including the Lokāloka limit.

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

By implying a realm beyond the manifest worlds and their limits, it points to Shiva-tattva as that which is beyond loka/aloka—transcendent, the ground of manifestation, and not confined by cosmic geography.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway is yogic transcendence: in Pāśupata-oriented contemplation, the practitioner turns from external cosmography to inner ascent beyond the loka-bound mind toward union with Pati (Shiva).