Shloka 10

Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्

Devanagari script

हिरण्मयात्परं चापि शृङ्गी चैव कुरुः स्मृतः धनुःसंस्थे तु विज्ञेये द्वे वर्षे दक्षिणोत्तरे

Transliteration

hiraṇmayātparaṃ cāpi śṛṅgī caiva kuruḥ smṛtaḥ dhanuḥsaṃsthe tu vijñeye dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare

Translation

ഹിരണ്മയത്തിന് അപ്പുറം ‘ശൃംഗീ’യും സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; ‘കുരു’വും അതുപോലെ. ധനുസ്സാകൃതിയിലുള്ള പ്രദേശത്തിൽ രണ്ട് വർഷങ്ങൾ അറിയേണ്ടത്—ഒന്ന് തെക്കിലും ഒന്ന് വടക്കിലും.

Word by Word

• हिरण्मयात् (hiraṇmayāt): from/beyond Hiraṇmaya

• परम् (param): further, beyond

• च (ca): and

• अपि (api): also

• शृङ्गी (śṛṅgī): Śṛṅgī (a named region/varṣa)

• एव (eva): indeed

• कुरुः (kuruḥ): Kuru (a named region/varṣa)

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ): is remembered/known as

• धनुः-संस्थे (dhanuḥ-saṃsthe): in that which is situated/arranged like a bow

• तु (tu): moreover

• विज्ञेये (vijñeye): are to be understood/known

• द्वे (dve): two

• वर्षे (varṣe): varṣas/territorial divisions

• दक्षिण-उत्तरे (dakṣiṇa-uttare): in the south and in the north

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Suta
• Hiraṇmaya
• Śṛṅgī
• Kuru

FAQs

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

It situates the devotee’s worship within Shiva’s ordered cosmos: the world is not random but structured by dharma and ṛta under Pati (Shiva), so Linga-puja becomes a way of aligning the pashu (soul) with that divine order.

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

Indirectly, by presenting a coherent cosmic arrangement, it reflects Shiva-tattva as Pati—the supreme regulator whose śakti sustains differentiation (regions/varṣas) while remaining transcendent to them.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; the takeaway is contemplative (dhyāna) use of sacred cosmography—meditating on the ordered universe as Shiva’s manifestation, a supportive frame for Shaiva sādhanā and Pashupata discipline.