Shloka 9
Description of the Origin of the Cosmic Egg (Brahmāṇḍa) and the Ocean as King of Tīrthas
योगं च वैष्णवं प्राप्य ततो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् । ग्रहोपरागे संक्रांत्यामयने विषुवे तथा ॥ ९ ॥
yogaṃ ca vaiṣṇavaṃ prāpya tato mokṣamavāpnuyāt | grahoparāge saṃkrāṃtyāmayane viṣuve tathā || 9 ||
વૈષ્ણવ-યોગ પ્રાપ્ત કરીને તે પછી મોક્ષને પામે છે. ગ્રહણ, સંક્રાંતિ, અયન અને વિષુવના સમયમાં (આ વિશેષ પ્રશંસિત છે)।
Suta
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links liberation (mokṣa) to Vaiṣṇava-yoga—devotional union centered on Viṣṇu—and highlights certain cosmic junctions as especially potent for intensifying that practice.
By calling the yoga specifically “Vaiṣṇava,” the verse frames yoga as devotion-oriented discipline—worship, remembrance, and surrender to Viṣṇu—culminating in mokṣa rather than mere worldly merit.
Jyotiṣa (Vedic astronomy/astrology): it names eclipse (grahoparāga), saṅkrānti (solar ingress), ayana (solstice), and viṣuva (equinox) as key calendrical markers for timing rites and intensified sādhana.