Shloka 82

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

वैणवी पणवी कालः कालकण्ठः कटंकटः नक्षत्रविग्रहो भावो निभावः सर्वतोमुखः

Transliteration

vaiṇavī paṇavī kālaḥ kālakaṇṭhaḥ kaṭaṃkaṭaḥ nakṣatravigraho bhāvo nibhāvaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ

Translation

彼はヴァイナヴィー、またパナヴィー—聖なる音と律動に内在する力である。彼は時そのものであり、その喉が時である「時喉」の御方。彼は屈せぬ、畏敬を呼ぶ主。彼の御姿は星宿（ナクシャトラ）の具現であり、彼はバーヴァ（有）であり、ニバーヴァ（成りゆくことの根）である。さらに彼は万面の主として、あらゆる方角を見そなわし遍満する。

Word by Word

• vaiṇavī: the power associated with the vīṇā (sacred resonance)

• paṇavī: the power associated with the paṇava/drum (rhythmic mantra-sound)

• kālaḥ: Time, the cosmic regulator

• kālakaṇṭhaḥ: he whose throat is Time / who bears Time as his mark

• kaṭaṃkaṭaḥ: the fierce, unassailable, dread-inspiring one

• nakṣatra-vigrahaḥ: whose body/form is the constellation-order

• bhāvaḥ: being, existence, manifest reality

• nibhāvaḥ: the source/ground of manifestation, the basis of becoming

• sarvato-mukhaḥ: all-faced, seeing from every side, omnidirectional

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-names to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames the Liṅga as the sign of the all-pervading Pati: Shiva is Time, cosmic order (nakṣatras), and sacred sound—so Liṅga-pūjā is worship of the very principle that regulates, pervades, and liberates the pashu from pasha.

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

Shiva-tattva is presented as both transcendent and immanent: He is bhāva (manifest being) and nibhāva (the ground of manifestation), sarvatomukha (omnivision), and kāla (the inner governor of change), establishing Him as Pati beyond and within all states.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Nada-upāsanā and mantra-oriented Pāśupata discipline are implied: tuning awareness to sacred sound (vīṇā/paṇava symbolism) and meditating on Shiva as Kāla to cut the pasha of time-bound identification.