Shloka 103
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
सावर्णिश्वापि विख्यात ऋषिरासीत् कृते युगे । इह तेन तपस्तप्तं षष्टिवर्षशतान्यथ,सत्ययुगमें सावर्णिनामसे विख्यात एक ऋषि थे। उन्होंने यहाँ आकर छ: हजार वर्षोतक तपस्या की
Sāvarṇiś cāpi vikhyāta ṛṣir āsīt kṛte yuge | iha tena tapas taptaṃ ṣaṣṭi-varṣa-śatāny atha ||
Vāsudeva said: “In the Kṛta (Satya) Age there was also a renowned sage named Sāvarṇi. Coming to this very place, he undertook austere penance for sixty hundreds of years (six thousand years).”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse upholds tapas (disciplined austerity) as a hallmark of dharma in the Kṛta Yuga, presenting Sāvarṇi’s long penance as an ethical-spiritual exemplar of endurance, self-restraint, and commitment to higher aims.
Vāsudeva recounts an ancient precedent: a famed sage named Sāvarṇi lived in the Kṛta Yuga and performed severe austerities at this very location for six thousand years, likely to establish the sanctity and spiritual potency of the place and the practice.