Shloka 46
तत्पुत्राश्चाभवन्सर्वे शैवधर्मबहिष्कृताः । अग्रे तद्वद्भविष्यंति कलौ बहुजनाः खलाः
tatputrāścābhavansarve śaivadharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ | agre tadvadbhaviṣyaṃti kalau bahujanāḥ khalāḥ
And all his sons became those who stood outside the Śaiva Dharma. In the time to come, in the Kali age as well, many people will likewise become wicked—turning away from the discipline of devotion and right conduct taught for the worship of Lord Śiva.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not a site-origin; it generalizes the narrative into a Kali-yuga prognosis: descendants and many future people will fall outside Śaiva dharma.
Significance: Serves as a cautionary frame motivating renewed Śaiva observance, śravaṇa of māhātmyas, and return to temple-based discipline.
Cosmic Event: Kali-yuga moral decline (dharma-kṣaya)
FAQs
It warns that turning away from Śaiva Dharma leads to inner impurity and harmful conduct, a trend that intensifies in Kali-yuga; the implied remedy is steadfast bhakti and disciplined worship of Śiva to remain aligned with Pati (the Lord) rather than pasha (bondage).
Śaiva Dharma in the Purāṇic context is sustained through concrete Saguna practices—especially reverence to the Śiva-liṅga, mantra-japa, and temple/pilgrimage observances—which preserve faith and purity when society declines in Kali-yuga.
Maintain daily Śiva-upāsanā: pañcākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), wearing rudrākṣa, applying tripuṇḍra bhasma, and regular liṅga-abhiṣeka as stabilizing disciplines against Kali-yuga tendencies.