Shloka 15

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

मानसोत्तरशैले तु महातेजा विभावसुः मण्डलानां शतं पूर्णं तदशीत्यधिकं विभुः

Transliteration

mānasottaraśaile tu mahātejā vibhāvasuḥ maṇḍalānāṃ śataṃ pūrṇaṃ tadaśītyadhikaṃ vibhuḥ

Translation

Upon Mount Mānasottara, Vibhāvasu—the Sun, mighty and radiant, the all-pervading Lord—completes a full hundred circular courses (maṇḍalas), and eighty more besides.

Word by Word

• mānasottara-śaile: on the Mānasottara mountain

• tu: indeed

• mahā-tejāḥ: of great radiance

• vibhāvasuḥ: Vibhāvasu, the Sun

• maṇḍalānām: of circular circuits/orbital rounds

• śatam: one hundred

• pūrṇam: complete(s)

• tat: that

• aśīti-adhikam: eighty additional

• vibhuḥ: the all-pervading mighty one (here, the Sun as cosmic ruler)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Surya (Vibhavasu)
• Mānasottara Mountain

FAQs

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

It links measurable cosmic cycles (the Sun’s maṇḍalas) to dharma and sacred time, the very framework within which Śiva-liṅga pūjā, vrata, and dīkṣā are performed with proper kāla (ritual timing).

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

Though Surya is named, the verse reflects Śiva as Pati—the ultimate regulator whose śakti sustains ṛta (cosmic order); the Sun functions as an instrument of that higher governance, not an independent absolute.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway is kāla-śuddhi: aligning worship and discipline with sacred time-cycles—supporting vrata observance, daily Sandhyā-linked devotion, and the steadiness (niyama) valued in Pāśupata-oriented practice.