Shloka 20

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

Devanagari script

रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति सहचारित्वमेव च तृतीये द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासस्तु भार्गवः

Transliteration

rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti sahacāritvameva ca tṛtīye dvāpare caiva yadā vyāsastu bhārgavaḥ

Translation

Sie werden in Rudras Reich gelangen und wahrlich innige Gemeinschaft mit dem Herrn erlangen. Und im dritten Dvāpara, wenn der Weise Bhārgava zu Vyāsa wird, wird diese Wahrheit verkündet.

Word by Word

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world (Rudraloka)

• गमिष्यन्ति: they will go/attain

• सहचारित्वम्: companionship, attendant-nearness

• एव: indeed

• च: and

• तृतीये: in the third

• द्वापरे: Dvāpara Yuga

• च एव: and indeed

• यदा: when

• व्यासः: Vyāsa (arranger of the Veda/Itihāsa-Purāṇa)

• तु: but/indeed

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava (of the lineage of Bhṛgu)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Vyasa
• Bhargava

FAQs

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

It states the primary fruit of Rudra-upāsanā (including Linga-centered devotion): attainment of Rudraloka and intimate nearness to Pati (Shiva), indicating that worship culminates in divine proximity rather than merely worldly gains.

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

By naming Rudraloka and “sahacāritva” (companionship), it presents Shiva as Pati—the sovereign Lord who grants the pashu (soul) liberation from pāśa (bondage) into His own sphere and presence.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse implies Rudra-bhakti as the operative sādhana—classically expressed through Linga-pūjā and Pāśupata-oriented devotion—whose result is entry into Rudra’s realm and service-nearness to the Lord.