Shloka 11

Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः

Devanagari script

कृष्णपक्षस्त्वहस्तेषां शुक्लः स्वप्नाय शर्वरी त्रिंशद्ये मानुषा मासाः पित्र्यो मासस्तु स स्मृतः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇapakṣastvahasteṣāṃ śuklaḥ svapnāya śarvarī triṃśadye mānuṣā māsāḥ pitryo māsastu sa smṛtaḥ

Translation

પિતૃઓ માટે કૃષ્ણપક્ષ તેમનો દિવસ છે અને શુક્લપક્ષ તેમની નિદ્રાની રાત્રિ. મનુષ્યોના ત્રીસ માસ પિતૃઓના એક માસ તરીકે સ્મૃત છે।

Word by Word

• कृष्णपक्षः: the dark fortnight

• तु: indeed

• अहः: day

• तेषाम्: of them (the Pitṛs)

• शुक्लः: the bright (fortnight)

• स्वप्नाय: for sleep

• शर्वरी: night

• त्रिंशत्: thirty

• ये: which

• मानुषाः: human

• मासाः: months

• पित्र्यः: belonging to the Pitṛs/ancestral

• मासः: month

• तु: indeed

• सः: that

• स्मृतः: is remembered/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Pitrs

FAQs

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

It establishes sacred time-reckoning: Shiva-puja, śrāddha, and offerings to Pitṛs gain efficacy when performed with correct kāla-jñāna, since time (kāla) is a governing power under Pati (Shiva).

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

By mapping different realms’ day-night measures, it implies Shiva as Kāla-īśvara—the Lord who regulates cosmic time that binds the paśu (soul) through pasha (temporal limitation) until liberation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Ritual timing for Pitṛ-related rites (śrāddha, tarpaṇa) and associated Shiva worship is implied; yogically, it points to transcending kāla as a form of pasha through disciplined sādhana.