Shloka 86

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

चतुर्युगानां सर्वेषाम् अनेनैव तु साधनम् युग = हऺहेरे ज़ेइतेइन्हेइतेन् एषा चतुर्युगावृत्तिर् आ सहस्राद् गुणीकृता

Transliteration

caturyugānāṃ sarveṣām anenaiva tu sādhanam yuga = höhere Zeiteinheiten eṣā caturyugāvṛttir ā sahasrād guṇīkṛtā

Translation

Par cette même mesure est établi le calcul de l’ensemble des quatre âges (caturyuga). Ce cycle de caturyuga, multiplié par mille, devient la mesure de référence des unités supérieures du temps cosmique.

Word by Word

• चतुर्युगानाम् (caturyugānām): of the four-yuga cycles

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām): of all

• अनेन एव (anena eva): by this alone/through this very measure

• तु (tu): indeed

• साधनम् (sādhanam): means of calculation/establishing measure

• एषा (eṣā): this

• चतुर्युग-आवृत्तिः (caturyuga-āvṛttiḥ): repetition/cycle of the caturyuga

• आ (ā): up to/as far as/when extended to

• सहस्रात् (sahasrāt): by a thousand

• गुणीकृता (guṇīkṛtā): multiplied/made into a multiple

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s cosmological doctrine to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames cosmic time as a measurable order within creation, implying that worship of the Linga is oriented to the timeless Pati (Shiva) who transcends the yuga-cycle while sustaining it.

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

By treating yuga-measure as a created computation, it implicitly distinguishes Shiva-tattva as the transcendent ground: Pati is not bound by kāla, while pashu (souls) experience time under pāśa (bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed; the takeaway is contemplative—Pashupata-oriented practice recognizes time as a limitation (pāśa) and turns the mind toward Shiva, the Lord beyond temporal cycles.