Shloka 13
Kāla-vañcana (Overcoming/Outwitting Time) and the Pañcabhūta Basis of the Body
सनत्कुमार उवाच । एतच्छ्रुत्वा त्रिभुवनगुरोः प्राह गौरी विहस्य सत्यं त्वं मे वद कथमसौ हन्यते येन कालः । शम्भुस्तामाह सद्यो हि मकरवदने योगिनो ये क्षिपंति कालव्यालं सकलमनघास्तच्छृणुष्वैकचित्ता
sanatkumāra uvāca | etacchrutvā tribhuvanaguroḥ prāha gaurī vihasya satyaṃ tvaṃ me vada kathamasau hanyate yena kālaḥ | śambhustāmāha sadyo hi makaravadane yogino ye kṣipaṃti kālavyālaṃ sakalamanaghāstacchṛṇuṣvaikacittā
সনৎকুমার বললেন—ত্রিভুবনগুরুর বাক্য শুনে গৌরী হেসে বললেন, “সত্য করে বলো—কোন উপায়ে সেই কাল বধ হয়?” তখন শম্ভু সঙ্গে সঙ্গে বললেন, “হে নিষ্পাপা, একাগ্রচিত্তে শোনো—যোগীরা দ্রুত সমগ্র কাল-সর্পকে ‘মকরমুখে’ (সর্বগ্রাসী অবস্থায়) নিক্ষেপ করে।”
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Gaurī
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: Kāla is imaged as a ‘serpent’ (vyāla) to be cast into a ‘makara-faced’ devouring condition—symbolic of absorption/overmastery of temporal flow.
FAQs
It frames liberation as the conquest of Kāla (death/time) through yogic realization under Śiva’s guidance—pointing to transcending bondage (pāśa) by turning the mind one-pointed toward the Supreme Lord (Pati).
Śiva is addressed as the Guru of the three worlds, implying that devotion to Saguna Śiva (including Liṅga-upāsanā) matures into inner yogic steadiness; that steadiness is presented as the means by which Kāla is overcome.
The explicit instruction is ekacittatā—one-pointed concentration—characteristic of Shaiva yoga and japa/dhyāna on Śiva (commonly supported by practices like Panchakshara japa and disciplined meditation).