Shloka 17

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

भानोस्तु भानवः प्रोक्ता मुहूर्ताया मुहूर्तकाः लम्बाया घोषनामानो नागवीथिस्तु यामिजः

Transliteration

bhānostu bhānavaḥ proktā muhūrtāyā muhūrtakāḥ lambāyā ghoṣanāmāno nāgavīthistu yāmijaḥ

Translation

バーヌには従者としてバーナヴァが説かれ、ムフールターにはムフールタカがある。ランバーにはゴーシャと名づく者たち、ナーガヴィーティーにはヤーミジャ—時の区分より生まれ、その区分を司る神々である。

Word by Word

• bhānoḥ: of Bhānu (the Sun)

• tu: indeed/and

• bhānavaḥ: the Bhānavas (solar attendants)

• proktāḥ: are declared

• muhūrtāyāḥ: of Muhūrtā (personified muhurta/time-unit)

• muhūrtakāḥ: the Muhūrtakas (muhurta-deities/attendants)

• lambāyāḥ: of Lambā (a named time-deity)

• ghoṣa-nāmānaḥ: those bearing the name Ghoṣa

• nāga-vīthiḥ: Nāgavīthī (a named time-deity/path)

• tu: and

• yāmijaḥ: Yāmijas (born of yāma

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Bhanu
• Muhurta (deity)
• Lamba
• Ghosha
• Nagavithi
• Yamija

FAQs

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

It identifies the presiding attendants of specific time-divisions (muhūrta, yāma), implying that Shiva-puja and Linga installation are to be aligned with sanctified time (kāla), which operates under Pati (Shiva) as cosmic governor.

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

Though Shiva is not named directly, the verse reflects a Shaiva cosmology where ordered time and its deities function as instruments within the Lord’s governance—kāla becomes a structured power that binds and releases the paśu under Pati’s supreme ordinance.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Muhurta-awareness: selecting proper ritual time for japa, vrata, and Linga-puja; and, in a yogic sense, training the paśu to transcend pasha by regulating life through disciplined time (kāla-niyama) consistent with Pashupata observance.