Shloka 84

ध्यानयोगेन रुद्रदर्शनम् — रुद्रावतार-परिवर्तक्रमः, लकुली (कायावतार), पाशुपतयोगः, लिङ्गार्चन-निष्ठा

Devanagari script

तीर्णस्तारयते जन्तुर् दश पूर्वान्दशोत्तरान् आत्मानमेकविंशं तु तारयित्वा महालये

Transliteration

tīrṇastārayate jantur daśa pūrvāndaśottarān ātmānamekaviṃśaṃ tu tārayitvā mahālaye

Translation

自ら渡り終えたのち、身を受けた者は救済の渡し手となる。十代の祖先と十代の子孫を引き上げ、そして二十一番目として自らをも渡らせる――マハーラヤにおいて。

Word by Word

• तीर्णः: one who has crossed over (saṃsāra)

• तारयते: causes to cross, delivers

• जन्तुः: embodied being, jīva (paśu)

• दश: ten

• पूर्वान्: those before (ancestors)

• दशोत्तरान्: ten after (descendants)

• आत्मानम्: himself, the self

• एकविंशम्: the twenty-first (counting himself)

• तु: indeed

• तारयित्वा: having delivered, having caused to cross

• महालये: at Mahālaya (the great ancestral rite/time/place)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva-oriented merit (especially at Mahālaya) as “tāraṇa”—crossing and enabling others to cross—so Linga worship is presented not only as personal sādhanā but as a lineage-liberating act.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the power of liberation (tāraṇa-śakti): by Pati’s grace the paśu, once freed from pāśa, becomes capable of uplifting others rather than remaining bound to saṃsāra.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Mahalaya-associated ancestral rites (pitṛ-tarpaṇa/śrāddha) are highlighted, understood through a Shaiva lens: liberation is secured by crossing oneself first through Shiva-bhakti and then extending that merit to one’s lineage.