Shloka 8
Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्
मत्कृतेन च वर्णेन कल्पो वै लोहितः स्मृतः तदा लोहितमांसास्थिलोहितक्षीरसंभवा
matkṛtena ca varṇena kalpo vai lohitaḥ smṛtaḥ tadā lohitamāṃsāsthilohitakṣīrasaṃbhavā
Por el matiz producido por Mí, ese eón es recordado como el «Kalpa Lohita», el Kalpa Rojo. En aquel tiempo, los seres surgieron en formas vinculadas con sangre roja, carne, hueso y leche rojiza, naciendo conforme a esa coloración.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; internal teaching attributed to the cosmic Lord’s agency)
FAQs
It frames creation as arising from the Lord’s own power (Pati), supporting Linga worship as devotion to the transcendent source from whom all embodied forms (pashu) emerge.
Shiva is implied as the causal ground whose śakti determines the “color” (quality) of a kalpa—showing Him as Pati, the sovereign cause governing manifestation and embodiment.
No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is contemplative Pashupata orientation—meditating on Shiva as the origin of the tattvas and bodily constituents, loosening pasha (bondage) through right knowledge.