Shloka 12

सूर्यरश्मिस्वरूपकथनम्

Surya-Rashmi Svarupa Kathana

Devanagari script

कालादृते न नियमो न दीक्षा नाह्निकक्रमः ऋतूनां च विभागश् च पुष्पं मूलं फलं कुतः

Transliteration

kālādṛte na niyamo na dīkṣā nāhnikakramaḥ ṛtūnāṃ ca vibhāgaś ca puṣpaṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ kutaḥ

Translation

カーラ（時）なくしては、戒めの規定も、ディークシャー（入門の灌頂）も、日々の儀礼の次第もない。季節の区分も失われるなら、花・根・実はいったいどこから生じようか。

Word by Word

• kālādṛte: without Time

• na: not/none

• niyamaḥ: discipline, prescribed observance

• na dīkṣā: no consecratory initiation

• na āhnikakramaḥ: no sequence of daily rites (sandhyā, etc.)

• ṛtūnām: of the seasons

• ca: and

• vibhāgaḥ: division, differentiation

• ca: and

• puṣpam: flower

• mūlam: root

• phalam: fruit

• kutaḥ: whence?, how could it be?

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching on Kāla as Shiva’s regulating power)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Kala (Time)

FAQs

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

It establishes that Linga-pūjā and all niyamas (timed observances), dīkṣā (initiation), and daily worship sequences are meaningful only because Kāla—under Shiva’s sovereignty—creates order and auspicious timing.

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

It implies Shiva as Pati, the Lord who wields Kāla as a governing śakti: through Time he regulates cosmic rhythm, ritual law, and the manifest world’s fertility, while remaining the transcendent ground of that order.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Timed discipline (niyama) and the āhnika-krama (daily regimen of worship) are highlighted—foundational for Shaiva sādhana and for dīkṣā-based practice that later matures into Pāśupata-oriented restraint and devotion.