Shloka 88

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

एतदेव तु सर्वेषां युगानां लक्षणं स्मृतम् एषां चतुर्युगाणां च गुणिता ह्येकसप्ततिः

Transliteration

etadeva tu sarveṣāṃ yugānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam eṣāṃ caturyugāṇāṃ ca guṇitā hyekasaptatiḥ

Translation

Dies wird als das Kennzeichen aller Yugas erinnert. Und die Gesamtzahl dieser Vierzeitalter-Zyklen (caturyuga), zusammen gerechnet, soll einundsiebzig betragen.

Word by Word

• etat: this

• eva: indeed/alone

• tu: but/indeed

• sarveṣām: of all

• yugānām: of the yugas (world-ages)

• lakṣaṇam: characteristic/defining mark

• smṛtam: remembered/traditionally taught

• eṣām: of these

• caturyugāṇām: of the four-yuga cycles (caturyugas)

• ca: and

• guṇitā: multiplied/totaled/reckoned

• hi: indeed

• ekasaptatiḥ: seventy-one

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana chronology to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

By defining yuga-marks and the count of caturyugas, the verse frames time as a measurable power within creation—yet Shiva, worshipped as the Linga (Pati), is taught as the one who stands beyond time and stabilizes dharma across ages.

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

Even while discussing yugas, the Shaiva implication is that time (kāla) is part of the cosmic order, whereas Shiva-tattva is the transcendent Pati who is not diminished by yuga-change and who grants liberation from time-bound limitation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated here; the takeaway is contemplative: in Pashupata Yoga, the sādhaka recognizes the pasha of time and seeks steadiness in Shiva (Linga-dhyāna) to move toward freedom from temporal bondage.