Shloka 69
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
प्रत्यन्तानुपसेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान् स्वकान् सरित्सागरकूपांस्ते सेवन्ते पर्वतांस् तथा
pratyantānupasevante hitvā janapadān svakān saritsāgarakūpāṃste sevante parvatāṃs tathā
បោះបង់ដែនដីស្ថិតស្ថេររបស់ខ្លួន ពួកគេចូលទៅពឹងផ្អែកតំបន់ព្រំដែន; លះបង់ទន្លេ សមុទ្រ និងអណ្តូងទឹក ហើយទៅសុំជ្រកនៅភ្នំដែរ—នេះជាចលនាវង្វេងវង្វាន់របស់មនុស្ស ពេលធម៌ធ្លាក់ចុះ ហើយខ្សែចង (pāśa) រឹតត្បិតលើបសុ (pashu) គឺព្រលឹងបុគ្គល។
Suta Goswami
FAQs
It contrasts outer instability with the need for inner refuge; Linga-worship directs the pashu to the steady Pati (Shiva) when worldly supports—lands and waters—become unreliable.
By implication, Shiva-tattva is the unshaken ground beyond changing places; when people flee to borders and mountains, the teaching points to the true, immutable refuge as Shiva, the Lord who loosens pāśa.
Not a specific rite is named; the takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline—turning from external dependence to inner steadiness through Shiva-smaraṇa, vrata, and Linga-upāsanā as the means to overcome bondage in Kali.