Shloka 9
भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)
यदापराह्णस्त्वाग्नेय्यां पूर्वाह्णो नैरृते द्विजाः तदा त्वपररात्रश् च वायुभागे सुदारुणः
yadāparāhṇastvāgneyyāṃ pūrvāhṇo nairṛte dvijāḥ tadā tvapararātraś ca vāyubhāge sudāruṇaḥ
O twice-born ones, when the afternoon wrongly manifests in the south-east and the forenoon appears in the south-west, then even the latter part of the night turns exceedingly dreadful in the quarter of Vāyu. Such disordered time and direction are declared as fierce portents, foretelling disturbance of dharma and the tightening of pāśa (bondage) upon the paśu (the bound soul) until refuge is taken in Pati, Lord Śiva.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames cosmic disorder (time appearing in wrong directions) as a warning sign, implying the need for Śiva-śaraṇāgati and Linga-centered worship to restore dharma and loosen pāśa (bondage) on the pashu.
By implication, Śiva is Pati—the stabilizing Lord beyond disordered kāla (time) and dik (direction). When worldly measures become inverted, the verse points to the transcendent refuge of Shiva-tattva as the ground of order.
Nimitta-śānti is suggested: propitiation of Śiva through Linga-pūjā, mantra-japa, and Pāśupata-oriented discipline to counter inauspicious portents and re-establish sattva and dharmic alignment.