Shloka 46
Gaṅgā-Avataraṇa and the Naming of Gaṅgādvāra (गङ्गावतरणम्—गङ्गाद्वारप्रसिद्धिः)
तत्पुत्राश्चाभवन्सर्वे शैवधर्मबहिष्कृताः । अग्रे तद्वद्भविष्यंति कलौ बहुजनाः खलाः
tatputrāścābhavansarve śaivadharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ | agre tadvadbhaviṣyaṃti kalau bahujanāḥ khalāḥ
Und all seine Söhne wurden zu solchen, die außerhalb des Śaiva-Dharma stehen. In der kommenden Zeit, auch im Kali-Yuga, werden viele Menschen ebenso verderbt werden und sich von der für die Verehrung des Herrn Śiva gelehrten Disziplin der Hingabe und rechten Lebensführung abwenden.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not a site-origin; it generalizes the narrative into a Kali-yuga prognosis: descendants and many future people will fall outside Śaiva dharma.
Significance: Serves as a cautionary frame motivating renewed Śaiva observance, śravaṇa of māhātmyas, and return to temple-based discipline.
Cosmic Event: Kali-yuga moral decline (dharma-kṣaya)
FAQs
It warns that turning away from Śaiva Dharma leads to inner impurity and harmful conduct, a trend that intensifies in Kali-yuga; the implied remedy is steadfast bhakti and disciplined worship of Śiva to remain aligned with Pati (the Lord) rather than pasha (bondage).
Śaiva Dharma in the Purāṇic context is sustained through concrete Saguna practices—especially reverence to the Śiva-liṅga, mantra-japa, and temple/pilgrimage observances—which preserve faith and purity when society declines in Kali-yuga.
Maintain daily Śiva-upāsanā: pañcākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), wearing rudrākṣa, applying tripuṇḍra bhasma, and regular liṅga-abhiṣeka as stabilizing disciplines against Kali-yuga tendencies.