Shloka 82
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
वनानां प्रथमं वृष्ट्या तेषां मूलेषु संभवः तथा कार्तयुगानां तु कलिजेष्विह संभवः
vanānāṃ prathamaṃ vṛṣṭyā teṣāṃ mūleṣu saṃbhavaḥ tathā kārtayugānāṃ tu kalijeṣviha saṃbhavaḥ
At first, forests arise through rainfall, taking birth from their very roots. In the same way, the Kṛta-yuga (Satya age) manifests here by taking its rise from within Kali itself—by the ordinance of Pati (Śiva), who regulates the turning of the yugas and the unfolding of creation.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames time itself as regulated by Pati (Śiva); Linga worship aligns the pashu (individual soul) with that supreme order, enabling renewal and uplift even amid Kali’s conditions.
Śiva-tattva is implied as the governing principle behind manifestation and cyclic return—He is Pati, the controller of cosmic rhythms, through whom decline (Kali) can become the seedbed for restoration (Kṛta).
No single rite is named, but the teaching supports Pāśupata-oriented sādhana: steady Shiva-bhakti, purification, and discipline that turns Kali’s bondage (pāśa) into a basis for liberation under Pati’s grace.