Shloka 54

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

शिष्याः प्रशिष्याश्चैतेषां शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः प्राप्य पाशुपतं योगं रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः

Transliteration

śiṣyāḥ praśiṣyāścaiteṣāṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ prāpya pāśupataṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya saṃsthitāḥ

Translation

Leurs disciples et les disciples de leurs disciples—par centaines, voire par milliers—atteignirent le Yoga Pāśupata; et, établis dans cette réalisation, ils devinrent dignes du monde de Rudra (Rudraloka).

Word by Word

• शिष्याः (śiṣyāḥ): disciples

• प्रशिष्याः (praśiṣyāḥ): grand-disciples/disciples of disciples

• च (ca): and

• एतेषाम् (eteṣām): of these (teachers)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ): by hundreds

• अथ (atha): then/indeed

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ): by thousands

• प्राप्य (prāpya): having attained

• पाशुपतम् (pāśupatam): Pāśupata (of Paśupati, Śiva)

• योगम् (yogam): yogic discipline/union

• रुद्रलोकाय (rudralokāya): for Rudra’s world/realm

• संस्थिताः (saṃsthitāḥ): established, abiding, firmly situated

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva
• Paśupati

FAQs

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

It links the living transmission of Śiva’s path (guru–śiṣya lineage) with the fruit of practice: by taking up Pāśupata Yoga—often supported by Liṅga-oriented devotion and discipline—devotees become qualified for Rudraloka.

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

Śiva is implied as Paśupati (the Lord of bound souls), whose grace-bearing discipline (Pāśupata Yoga) elevates the paśu beyond pāśa (bondage) toward Śiva’s own realm, indicating Him as the liberating Pati.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Pāśupata Yoga is highlighted—an initiatory Shaiva discipline transmitted through teachers, culminating in steadiness (saṃsthiti) and eligibility for Rudra’s world.