Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

गमिष्यन्ति महात्मानो रुद्रलोकं निरामयम् वसिष्ठश्चाष्टमे व्यासः परीवर्ते भविष्यति

Transliteration

gamiṣyanti mahātmāno rudralokaṃ nirāmayam vasiṣṭhaścāṣṭame vyāsaḥ parīvarte bhaviṣyati

Translation

ആ മഹാത്മാക്കൾ രോഗദുഃഖരഹിതമായ നിർമ്മല റുദ്രലോകം പ്രാപിക്കും. വ്യാസപരമ്പരയിലെ എട്ടാം പരിഭ്രമത്തിൽ വസിഷ്ഠൻ വ്യാസനാകും।

Word by Word

• गमिष्यन्ति: will go/depart

• महात्मानः: great-souled sages

• रुद्रलोकम्: the world/realm of Rudra (Śiva)

• निरामयम्: free from disease/sorrow, untainted

• वसिष्ठः: the sage Vasiṣṭha

• च: and

• अष्टमे: in the eighth

• व्यासः: the compiler/editor of the Veda-Purāṇa corpus (Vyāsa-role)

• परीवर्ते: in the cycle/turning (of ages and succession)

• भविष्यति: will be/become

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Shiva)
• Vasistha
• Vyasa

FAQs

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

It links Shaiva devotion and purified dharma to the fruit of reaching Rudraloka—an end-state where the pashu (soul) is no longer afflicted by pasha (bondage), aligning Linga worship with liberation-oriented Shaiva soteriology.

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

Shiva is indicated as Pati—Rudra whose loka is “nirāmaya,” a realm beyond suffering and impurity—implying transcendence over the limiting conditions that bind embodied beings.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No single rite is named; the verse emphasizes the culmination of Shaiva discipline—piety, tapas, and Pashupata-aligned pursuit of Rudra—resulting in ascent to Rudraloka and continuity of scriptural transmission through the Vyasa succession.