Shloka 94

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

Devanagari script

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः ततो विंशतिमश्चैव परिवर्तो यदा तदा

Transliteration

prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya saṃsthitāḥ tato viṃśatimaścaiva parivarto yadā tadā

Translation

മാഹേശ്വരയോഗം പ്രാപിച്ച് അവർ രുദ്രലോകത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതരായി. തുടർന്ന് ഇരുപതാമത്തെ പരിവർത്തനചക്രം വന്നാൽ, നിയതമായ കാലപരിവർത്തനം മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങുന്നു.

Word by Word

• प्राप्य: having attained

• माहेश्वरं: belonging to Maheshvara (Shiva’s)

• योगं: yoga, unitive discipline

• रुद्रलोकाय: to Rudra’s realm/world

• संस्थिताः: established, stationed

• ततः: thereafter

• विंशतिमम्: the twentieth

• च एव: and indeed

• परिवर्तः: cycle/turning, transformation (of time)

• यदा तदा: whenever/when that (time) comes, then accordingly

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Maheshvara

FAQs

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

It links Shiva-oriented sadhana (Maheshvara-yoga, typically supported by Linga-bhakti) to a concrete फल (fruit): establishment in Rudraloka, indicating proximity to Pati attained by devotion and disciplined worship.

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

Shiva appears as Pati—the Lord who grants a distinct state of being (Rudraloka) through His yoga, showing His sovereignty over both liberation-states and the cosmic revolutions (parivarta) of time.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Maheshvara-yoga—understood in the Purva-bhaga as a Pashupata-leaning Shaiva discipline of union with Shiva through restraint, meditation, and Shiva-centered worship leading the pashu beyond pasha toward the Lord’s realm.