Shloka 24

ऋषभचरित्रवर्णनम् (Ṛṣabha-caritra-varṇanam) — “Account of Ṛṣabha’s Sacred Narrative”

Devanagari script

परिवर्ते पुनः षष्ठे द्वापरे लोककारकः । कर्ता वेदविभागस्य मृत्युर्व्यासो भविष्यति

Transliteration

parivarte punaḥ ṣaṣṭhe dvāpare lokakārakaḥ | kartā vedavibhāgasya mṛtyurvyāso bhaviṣyati

Translation

Erneut, im sechsten Zyklus, im Dvāpara-Zeitalter, wird der Weltschöpfer als Mṛtyu‑Vyāsa erscheinen, der die Veden zum Wohle der Wesen ordnen und aufteilen wird.

Word by Word

• परिवर्ते: in the cycle/turn (of time)
• परिवर्ते: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• षष्ठे: in the sixth
• षष्ठे: विशेषण (Adjectival to Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ordinal adjective qualifying 'परिवर्ते'

• द्वापरे: in the Dvāpara (yuga)
• द्वापरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative singular

• लोककारकः: creator/maker of the worlds
• लोककारकः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; compound: लोकस्य कारकः (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• कर्ता: the doer/author
• कर्ता: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; appositional to subject

• वेदविभागस्य: of the division of the Vedas
• वेदविभागस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + विभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; compound: वेदानां विभागः (tatpuruṣa)

• मृत्युः: Mṛtyu (Death)
• मृत्युः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; proper name/epithet

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to 'मृत्युः'

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: parivarta (sixth cycle) in Dvāpara-yuga; dharma-maintenance via Veda-vibhāga

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vyasa

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that in every age Shiva, the Lord who governs time and cosmic order, provides guidance suited to beings—here by manifesting a Vyāsa who organizes sacred knowledge so dharma and liberation remain accessible.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

By calling the divine source “lokakāraka,” the verse points to Saguna Shiva’s compassionate activity in history: he sustains the world not only through worship-forms like the Liṅga, but also through preserving scripture and right practice.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is disciplined study/recitation of Vedic and Shaiva teachings with devotion to Shiva—ideally supported by daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as the inner means to make scriptural knowledge transformative.