Shloka 31

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

विष्णोरौत्तानपादेन चाप्तं तातस्य हेतुना आपः पीतास्तु सूर्येण क्रमन्ते शशिनः क्रमात्

Transliteration

viṣṇorauttānapādena cāptaṃ tātasya hetunā āpaḥ pītāstu sūryeṇa kramante śaśinaḥ kramāt

Translation

വിഷ്ണുവാൽ അത് ഉത്താനപാദന്റെ മുഖേന, പിതാവിന്റെ കാരണാർത്ഥം ലഭിച്ചതാണ്. സൂര്യൻ കുടിച്ച ജലവും ചന്ദ്രന്റെ നിശ്ചിത ക്രമത്തിൽ വീണ്ടും സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു—ഇങ്ങനെ പതി-സ്വരൂപനായ പ്രഭുവിന്റെ അധീനത്തിൽ ലോകലയം തുടരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu

• औत्तानपादेन: by Uttānapāda (son/line of Uttānapāda)

• च: and

• आप्तम्: obtained/attained

• तातस्य: of the father

• हेतुना: for the reason/cause

• आपः: waters

• पीताः: drunk/imbibed

• तु: indeed/however

• सूर्येण: by the Sun

• क्रमन्ते: proceed/move in order/return cyclically

• शशिनः: of the Moon

• क्रमात्: from/according to the sequence (due order).

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Surya
• Chandra (Shashi)

FAQs

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

It frames nature’s cycles (sun’s drying, moon’s restoring) as ordered movement under a higher Lordship—supporting Linga worship as reverence to Pati, the unseen regulator behind visible cosmic functions.

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

Though Shiva is not named, the verse implies a supreme governance beyond the luminaries: in Shaiva Siddhanta, such orderly recurrence belongs to Pati (Shiva), who directs the tattvas and their functions without being limited by them.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway is contemplative Pāśupata orientation: meditate on cyclic phenomena as signs of Pati’s niyati (cosmic order), cultivating detachment from pasha-bound appearances and steadiness in worship.