Shloka 12

Adhyaya 50 — देवपुर्यः, पुराणि, आयतनानि च; श्रीकण्ठाधिपत्य-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

कुमुदे किंनरावासस् त्व् अञ्जने चारणालयः कृष्णे गन्धर्वनिलयः पाण्डुरे पुरसप्तकम्

Transliteration

kumude kiṃnarāvāsas tv añjane cāraṇālayaḥ kṛṣṇe gandharvanilayaḥ pāṇḍure purasaptakam

Translation

કુમુદવર્ણ પ્રદેશમાં કિન્નરોનો નિવાસ છે; અંજન-શ્યામ છાયામાં ચારણોનું આલય છે; કૃષ્ણવર્ણમાં ગંધર્વોનું નિવાસ છે; અને પાંડુરમાં સાત પુરોનો સમૂહ છે.

Word by Word

• कुमुदे: in the kumuda-colored (region)

• किंनर-आवासः: dwelling/place of the Kiṃnaras

• तु: and/indeed

• अञ्जने: in the añjana (collyrium-dark) (region)

• चारण-आलयः: abode of the Cāraṇas

• कृष्णे: in the black (region)

• गन्धर्व-निलयः: residence of the Gandharvas

• पाण्डुरे: in the pale/whitish (region)

• पुर-सप्तकम्: the group of seven cities

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Kiṃnaras
• Cāraṇas
• Gandharvas

FAQs

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

It frames the cosmos as an ordered hierarchy of abodes; Linga worship aligns the pashu (individual soul) with the Pati (Shiva) who assigns and transcends all such stations.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the sovereign principle of niyati—governing where beings like Gandharvas, Cāraṇas, and Kiṃnaras reside—while remaining beyond the color-qualities that mark manifested realms.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse is primarily cosmographic; its yogic takeaway is contemplative dispassion (vairāgya): recognizing that even celestial abodes are conditioned realms, prompting the seeker toward Pashupata-oriented devotion to Pati through Linga-upāsanā.