Shloka 51

सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च

Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues

Devanagari script

पौरुषेयो वधश्चैव यातुधानावुदाहृतौ एते वसन्ति वै सूर्ये मासयोः शुचिशुक्रयोः

Transliteration

pauruṣeyo vadhaścaiva yātudhānāvudāhṛtau ete vasanti vai sūrye māsayoḥ śuciśukrayoḥ

Translation

‘पौरुषेय’ आणि ‘वध’—हे यातुधान म्हणून उदाहृत आहेत। शुचि व शुक्र या मासांत हे सूर्यांत वास करतात; शिव (पति) यांच्या अधीनच सर्व शक्ती आपापल्या स्थानी प्रवर्ततात।

Word by Word

• पौरुषेयः: Pauruṣeya (a named class/being)

• वधः: Vadha (a named force/being, lit. “slaying”)

• च: and

• एव: indeed

• यातुधानौ: Yātudhānas (demonic/occult beings, flesh-eaters)

• उदाहृतौ: are declared/are stated

• एते: these

• वसन्ति: dwell/abide

• वै: indeed

• सूर्ये: in the Sun (solar sphere)

• मासयोः: in (the two) months

• शुचि-शुक्रयोः: Śuci and Śukra (month-names).

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Surya

FAQs

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

It frames the cosmos as regulated stations (including the Sun and its months), supporting Linga-worship as adoration of Shiva’s all-governing axis (Pati) behind time, movement, and cosmic placement.

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

Though Shiva is not named, the verse implies a governed universe where even fierce beings have assigned abodes; Shaiva Siddhanta reads this as the mark of Pati—supreme lordship ordering all tattvas and beings under His śakti.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A calendrical awareness for vrata/puja timing is implied: aligning Shiva-puja and observances with solar months, while yogically cultivating the Pashupata insight that all forces (even tamasic ones) operate within divine governance.