Shloka 20
सोमवर्णनम्
Graha–Ratha–Aśva Varṇana, Dhruva-Nibaddha Gati, Maṇḍala-Pramāṇa, Graha-Arcana
तेभ्यो ऽधस्तात्तु चत्वारः पुनरन्ये महाग्रहाः सूर्यः सोमो बुधश्चैव भार्गवश्चैव शीघ्रगाः
tebhyo 'dhastāttu catvāraḥ punaranye mahāgrahāḥ sūryaḥ somo budhaścaiva bhārgavaścaiva śīghragāḥ
അവയുടെ താഴെ വീണ്ടും നാല് മഹാഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ വേഗഗാമികൾ—സൂര്യൻ, സോമൻ (ചന്ദ്രൻ), ബുധൻ, ഭാര്ഗവൻ (ശുക്രൻ)। ശിവാജ്ഞപ്രകാരം ഇവരുടെ ക്രമബദ്ധ ഗതി വിശ്വത്തിന്റെ ലയതാളം നിലനിർത്തുന്നു; പാശബന്ധിത പശു കാലവും കർമഫലവും അനുഭവിക്കുന്നു।
Suta Goswami
FAQs
By listing the swift-moving grahas, the verse places time and karmic rhythm within Śiva’s cosmic administration—reminding the devotee that Linga-pūjā aims at rising beyond time-bound bondage (pāśa) toward the Lord (Pati).
Though not naming Śiva directly as the mover, the ordered hierarchy of planetary motion implies a higher regulator: Shiva-tattva as Pati, the transcendent governor of kāla and niyati, within which the paśu undergoes experience.
The takeaway is contemplative: meditate on kāla (time) as governed by Pati, and use Shiva-pūjā and Pāśupata-oriented detachment to loosen graha-linked karmic conditioning rather than being ruled by it.