Shloka 69
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
प्रत्यन्तानुपसेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान् स्वकान् सरित्सागरकूपांस्ते सेवन्ते पर्वतांस् तथा
pratyantānupasevante hitvā janapadān svakān saritsāgarakūpāṃste sevante parvatāṃs tathā
પોતાના જનપદો ત્યજીને તેઓ પ્રત્યંત સીમાવર્તી પ્રદેશોમાં આશ્રય લે છે; નદીઓ, સમુદ્રો અને કૂવો છોડીને તેઓ પર્વતોમાં પણ શરણ લે છે।
Suta Goswami
FAQs
It contrasts outer instability with the need for inner refuge; Linga-worship directs the pashu to the steady Pati (Shiva) when worldly supports—lands and waters—become unreliable.
By implication, Shiva-tattva is the unshaken ground beyond changing places; when people flee to borders and mountains, the teaching points to the true, immutable refuge as Shiva, the Lord who loosens pāśa.
Not a specific rite is named; the takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline—turning from external dependence to inner steadiness through Shiva-smaraṇa, vrata, and Linga-upāsanā as the means to overcome bondage in Kali.