Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

गमिष्यन्ति महात्मानो रुद्रलोकं निरामयम् वसिष्ठश्चाष्टमे व्यासः परीवर्ते भविष्यति

Transliteration

gamiṣyanti mahātmāno rudralokaṃ nirāmayam vasiṣṭhaścāṣṭame vyāsaḥ parīvarte bhaviṣyati

Translation

ते महात्मे रुद्रलोक—निर्मळ, निरामय धाम—प्राप्त करतील. आणि व्यासपरंपरेच्या आठव्या परिवर्तनात वसिष्ठ व्यास होतील।

Word by Word

• गमिष्यन्ति: will go/depart

• महात्मानः: great-souled sages

• रुद्रलोकम्: the world/realm of Rudra (Śiva)

• निरामयम्: free from disease/sorrow, untainted

• वसिष्ठः: the sage Vasiṣṭha

• च: and

• अष्टमे: in the eighth

• व्यासः: the compiler/editor of the Veda-Purāṇa corpus (Vyāsa-role)

• परीवर्ते: in the cycle/turning (of ages and succession)

• भविष्यति: will be/become

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Shiva)
• Vasistha
• Vyasa

FAQs

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

It links Shaiva devotion and purified dharma to the fruit of reaching Rudraloka—an end-state where the pashu (soul) is no longer afflicted by pasha (bondage), aligning Linga worship with liberation-oriented Shaiva soteriology.

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

Shiva is indicated as Pati—Rudra whose loka is “nirāmaya,” a realm beyond suffering and impurity—implying transcendence over the limiting conditions that bind embodied beings.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No single rite is named; the verse emphasizes the culmination of Shaiva discipline—piety, tapas, and Pashupata-aligned pursuit of Rudra—resulting in ascent to Rudraloka and continuity of scriptural transmission through the Vyasa succession.