Shloka 72
Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds
तमो ऽभिभूते लोके ऽस्मिन् प्रभा येन प्रवर्तिता स्वस्त्यस्तु हि तवेत्युक्ते पतन्निह दिवाकरः
tamo 'bhibhūte loke 'smin prabhā yena pravartitā svastyastu hi tavetyukte patanniha divākaraḥ
When this world was overpowered by darkness, the radiance was set in motion by him. And when it was said, “May auspiciousness be yours,” the Sun (Divākara) then descended here—bowing, as it were, to that supreme dispeller of tamas.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; internal scene implies a benedictory utterance addressed to the divine source of light)
FAQs
It frames the highest reality as the source that turns on prabhā in a tamas-filled world—aligning Linga worship with seeking Shiva as the supreme Jyoti that removes ignorance (pāśa) from the pashu.
Shiva-tattva is implied as the transcendent initiator of light and auspiciousness: the Pati whose anugraha dispels tamas and establishes order, even as cosmic powers like the Sun respond within that higher sovereignty.
A stuti-based practice: invoking svasti (auspicious benediction) and meditating on jyoti to overcome tamas—consistent with Pāśupata-oriented inner purification where the pashu moves from darkness to Shiva-conscious illumination.