Shloka 24

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

ग्रहणादिषु कालेषु स्नाप्य लिङ्गं फलं तथा क्षुब्धधी च विवादश् च दधीचोपेन्द्रयोस् तथा

Transliteration

grahaṇādiṣu kāleṣu snāpya liṅgaṃ phalaṃ tathā kṣubdhadhī ca vivādaś ca dadhīcopendrayos tathā

Translation

ગ્રહણ વગેરે કાળમાં લિંગને સ્નાન કરાવવાથી યોગ્ય ફળ મળે છે. તેમ જ મનની ક્ષુબ્ધતા અને વિવાદ—દધીચિ અને ઉપેન્દ્રનો જેમ—લિંગાશ્રયથી શાંત થાય છે.

Word by Word

• ग्रहणादिषु कालेषु: at eclipse-times and similar (inauspicious/portentous) times

• स्नाप्य: having bathed (ritually)

• लिङ्गं: the Shiva-Linga

• फलं: fruit, result (of the rite)

• तथा: likewise/indeed

• क्षुब्धधी: disturbed intellect, agitated mind

• च: and

• विवादः: dispute, quarrel

• च: and

• दधीच-उपेन्द्रयोः: of Dadhīci and Upendra (Vishnu as the younger brother of Indra)

• तथा: thus/also

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Linga
• Dadhichi
• Upendra
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It highlights grahaṇa (eclipse) and similar times as powerful moments for Linga-snana, stating that the rite yields its intended fruit and serves as a purifier when the world-mind is disturbed.

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

Shiva is implied as Pati—the stabilizing, purifying principle—through whom agitation (kṣubdha-dhī) and conflict are calmed; the Linga functions as the accessible sign of that transcendent Shiva-tattva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Ritually, it points to Linga-snana (ablution of the Linga), especially during eclipses; yogically, it implies pacifying the mind’s turbulence (a Pashupata-oriented inner purification) by anchoring awareness in Shiva through worship.