Shloka 84

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

Devanagari script

तीर्णस्तारयते जन्तुर् दश पूर्वान्दशोत्तरान् आत्मानमेकविंशं तु तारयित्वा महालये

Transliteration

tīrṇastārayate jantur daśa pūrvāndaśottarān ātmānamekaviṃśaṃ tu tārayitvā mahālaye

Translation

Hat er selbst das Ufer überschritten, wird das verkörperte Wesen zum Erretter: Es erhebt zehn Ahnen und zehn Nachkommen; und so, als der Einundzwanzigste, bringt es auch sich selbst hinüber—in Mahālaya.

Word by Word

• तीर्णः: one who has crossed over (saṃsāra)

• तारयते: causes to cross, delivers

• जन्तुः: embodied being, jīva (paśu)

• दश: ten

• पूर्वान्: those before (ancestors)

• दशोत्तरान्: ten after (descendants)

• आत्मानम्: himself, the self

• एकविंशम्: the twenty-first (counting himself)

• तु: indeed

• तारयित्वा: having delivered, having caused to cross

• महालये: at Mahālaya (the great ancestral rite/time/place)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva-oriented merit (especially at Mahālaya) as “tāraṇa”—crossing and enabling others to cross—so Linga worship is presented not only as personal sādhanā but as a lineage-liberating act.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the power of liberation (tāraṇa-śakti): by Pati’s grace the paśu, once freed from pāśa, becomes capable of uplifting others rather than remaining bound to saṃsāra.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Mahalaya-associated ancestral rites (pitṛ-tarpaṇa/śrāddha) are highlighted, understood through a Shaiva lens: liberation is secured by crossing oneself first through Shiva-bhakti and then extending that merit to one’s lineage.