Shloka 66

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

द्विसप्ततिसहस्राणि नाड्यः सम्परिकीर्तिताः नेत्रस्थं जाग्रतं विद्यात् कण्ठे स्वप्नं समादिशेत्

Transliteration

dvisaptatisahasrāṇi nāḍyaḥ samparikīrtitāḥ netrasthaṃ jāgrataṃ vidyāt kaṇṭhe svapnaṃ samādiśet

Translation

Il est proclamé que les nāḍī sont au nombre de soixante-douze mille. Sache que l’état de veille (jāgrat) demeure dans les yeux ; et l’état de rêve (svapna) est enseigné comme demeurant dans la gorge.

Word by Word

• द्विसप्ततिसहस्राणि: seventy-two thousand

• नाड्यः: nāḍīs (subtle channels)

• सम्परिकीर्तिताः: are fully proclaimed/declared

• नेत्रस्थं: situated in the eyes

• जाग्रतं: the waking state

• विद्यात्: one should know

• कण्ठे: in the throat

• स्वप्नं: the dream state

• समादिशेत्: is instructed/taught

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s yogic teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

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

It links outer Shiva-puja to inner purification: the devotee (pashu) refines awareness through knowledge of nāḍīs and the movement of consciousness, making worship a yogic offering to Pati (Shiva).

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

By distinguishing waking and dream as localized modes within the subtle body, it implies Shiva-tattva as the transcendent Witness beyond these changing states—Pati who is not confined by nāḍī-based experience.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A Pashupata-style contemplative practice: meditative discrimination of consciousness-states (jāgrat/svapna) and subtle-body awareness (nāḍī-jñāna) as supports for mantra-japa and inward steadiness.