Shloka 100

ध्यानयोगेन रुद्रदर्शनम् — रुद्रावतार-परिवर्तक्रमः, लकुली (कायावतार), पाशुपतयोगः, लिङ्गार्चन-निष्ठा

Devanagari script

वाचश्रवाः स्मृतो व्यासो यदा स ऋषिसत्तमः तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि दारुको नाम नामतः

Transliteration

vācaśravāḥ smṛto vyāso yadā sa ṛṣisattamaḥ tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi dāruko nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

Wenn jener vortrefflichste der ṛṣis als Vyāsa in Erinnerung sein wird, berühmt als Vācaśravas, dann werde auch ich erscheinen – dem Namen nach Dāruka genannt.

Word by Word

• वाचश्रवाः: Vācaśravas (a famed name/epithet)

• स्मृतः: remembered, renowned

• व्यासः: Vyāsa (the compiler/arranger of revelation)

• यदा: when

• सः: he

• ऋषिसत्तमः: best among sages

• तदा: then

• अपि: also, indeed

• अहम्: I

• भविष्यामि: I shall become/shall exist

• दारुकः: Dāruka

• नाम: name

• नामतः: by name, in designation

Speaker

Likely Suta Goswami (within a prophetic/narrative frame)

Characters & Entities

• Vyasa
• Vacaśravas
• Dāruka

FAQs

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

It anchors the Shaiva teaching-stream in a recognized Purāṇic lineage (Vyāsa → later narrator), implying that Linga-upāsanā and its vidhi are preserved through authorized transmission rather than private invention.

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

Indirectly: by emphasizing a divinely ordered succession of sages and narrators, it reflects Shiva as Pati—the guiding Lord who sustains dharma and liberating knowledge for the pashu through time, via śāstra and guru-paramparā.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific pūjā-vidhi or Pāśupata-yoga limb is stated; the takeaway is the primacy of śravaṇa (listening) and paramparā-based instruction as the gateway to Shaiva sādhanā.