Shloka 40

Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः

Devanagari script

कल्पावसानिकांस्त्यक्त्वा प्रलये समुपस्थिते महर्लोकात् प्रयान्त्येते जनलोकं जनास्ततः

Transliteration

kalpāvasānikāṃstyaktvā pralaye samupasthite maharlokāt prayāntyete janalokaṃ janāstataḥ

Translation

When the dissolution that ends a kalpa draws near, casting off the kalpa-ending conditions, the beings there depart from Maharloka and proceed from there to Janaloka.

Word by Word

• कल्प-अवसानिकान्: the kalpa-ending (conditions/afflictions)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned

• प्रलये: at dissolution

• समुपस्थिते: when it has arrived/approached

• महर्-लोकात्: from Maharloka

• प्रयान्ति: they depart/go forth

• एते: these (beings)

• जन-लोकम्: to Janaloka

• जनाः: people/beings

• ततः: from there/thereupon

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva (Pati) as the stable refuge beyond cyclic dissolution; Linga-worship aligns the pashu (soul) with that imperishable reality rather than with perishing lokas.

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

By describing worlds shifting at pralaya, it implies Shiva-tattva as transcendent to time-bound kalpas—unchanging consciousness that remains when cosmic stations like Maharloka are vacated.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Detachment (vairāgya) and inward ascent—key to Pāśupata-oriented practice—are suggested: the aspirant should not cling to any loka-status but seek union with Pati through Shiva-upāsanā.