Shloka 38
सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च
Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues
स्थानाभिमानिनो ह्येते गणा द्वादश सप्तकाः धात्रादिविष्णुपर्यन्ता देवा द्वादश कीर्तिताः
sthānābhimānino hyete gaṇā dvādaśa saptakāḥ dhātrādiviṣṇuparyantā devā dvādaśa kīrtitāḥ
हेच आपल्या-आपल्या स्थानांचे अधिष्ठाते गण आहेत—सात-सात असे बारा समूह. धाता पासून विष्णूपर्यंत असे बारा देव सांगितले आहेत.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames cosmic governance as a structured hierarchy of presiding powers; in Linga-worship, these devatās are approached as functional limbs within Shiva’s universal order, ultimately subordinated to Pati (Shiva) as the inner ruler.
By listing station-presiding deities and their gaṇas, the verse implies a layered cosmos of delegated authorities; Shaiva Siddhanta reads this as Shiva-tattva remaining transcendent and immanent—the sovereign Pati who empowers offices (sthānas) without being limited by them.
A practical takeaway is sādhana of alignment: in pūjā one mentally offers the cosmos and its stations into the Linga, and in Pāśupata-oriented discipline one restrains egoic “station-identification” (abhimāna) so the pashu turns from pasha-bound roles toward Pati.