Shloka 17

ययातिना पूरौ राज्याभिषेकः, दिक्प्रदानं, तृष्णा-वैराग्योपदेशः, वनप्रवेशः च

Devanagari script

हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते यत्पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः

Transliteration

haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate yatpṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ

Translation

By the oblations (havis) it increases again and again—like a dark, well-trodden path becoming ever more established—so that on the earth there arises abundance of rice and barley, gold, cattle, and women, that is, prosperity and the continuity of the household.

Word by Word

• हविषा (haviṣā): by oblations/ritual offering

• कृष्णवर्त्म (kṛṣṇavartma): dark track/blackened path (well-worn course)

• इव (iva): like

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ): again, repeatedly

• एव (eva): indeed

• अभिवर्धते (abhivardhate): grows, increases

• यत् (yat): whereby/so that

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām): on the earth

• व्रीहियवम् (vrīhi-yavam): rice and barley (grain wealth)

• हिरण्यम् (hiraṇyam): gold

• पशवः (paśavaḥ): cattle/animals (livestock wealth)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ): women (wives/household prosperity, lineage-continuity).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya; internal context on yajna/puja fruits inferred)

FAQs

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

It links havis (ritual oblations offered with devotion) to tangible worldly increase—grain, gold, and livestock—showing that Shiva-oriented yajna/puja sustains dharma and prosperity when performed in the right spirit.

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

Implicitly, Shiva as Pati is the unseen regulator of yajna-phala: offerings made in a dharmic, Shaiva orientation return as ordered abundance in the manifest world, reflecting his governance over both material and spiritual outcomes.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Ritual practice: havis-offering (yajna/puja oblations). Yogic takeaway: disciplined, repeated sacred action (kriyā) generates steady results—mirroring Pashupata emphasis on regulated practice leading from worldly order toward liberation.