Shloka 37

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

वार्तायाः साधिकाप्यन्या वृष्टिस्तासां निकामतः तासां वृष्ट्युदकादीनि ह्य् अभवन्निम्नगानि तु

Transliteration

vārtāyāḥ sādhikāpyanyā vṛṣṭistāsāṃ nikāmataḥ tāsāṃ vṛṣṭyudakādīni hy abhavannimnagāni tu

Translation

മുമ്പത്തേതിനെക്കാൾ അധികമായ മറ്റൊരു മഴ അവരുടെ നിശ്ചിത അളവനുസരിച്ച് പെയ്തു. ആ മഴവെള്ളത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഒഴുക്കുകൾ ഉദിച്ചു, താഴ്ന്ന പ്രദേശങ്ങളിലേക്കു ഒഴുകി.

Word by Word

• वार्तायाः: than the earlier account/previous (rainfall)

• साधिका: greater, exceeding

• अपि: also

• अन्या: another

• वृष्टिः: rainfall, shower

• तासाम्: of those (rains)

• निकामतः: according to desire/measure, as intended

• तासाम्: of those

• वृष्ट्युदकादीनि: rain-waters and related flows

• हि: indeed

• अभवन्: became, came to be

• निम्नगानि: rivers/streams that go to low places

• तु: and, moreover

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames nature’s ordered unfolding—rain, waters, and rivers—as functioning under a higher governance, pointing the devotee to Shiva as Pati, the Lord who sustains cosmic order that Linga worship contemplates and honors.

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

Though Shiva is not named directly in the line, the Purāṇic sṛṣṭi context implies a regulating intelligence behind measure and flow; in Shaiva Siddhanta this governance belongs to Shiva-tattva as Pati, who directs niyati (order) while beings (paśu) remain dependent.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; the takeaway is contemplative discipline—seeing the world’s processes as Shiva’s regulated power, supporting dhyāna and inner detachment central to Shaiva and Pāśupata-oriented practice.