Shloka 58
एकोनविंशतिशिवावतारवर्णनम्
Description of the Nineteen Manifestations/Avatāras of Śiva
तत्र श्रुतिसमूहानां विधानं ब्रह्मलक्षणम् । भविष्यति तदा कल्पे कृष्णद्वैपायनो यदा
tatra śrutisamūhānāṃ vidhānaṃ brahmalakṣaṇam | bhaviṣyati tadā kalpe kṛṣṇadvaipāyano yadā
तेथे श्रुतीसमूहांचे सुव्यवस्थित विधान—ब्रह्मलक्षणयुक्त—त्या कल्पात तेव्हा प्रकट होईल, जेव्हा कृष्णद्वैपायन (व्यास) अवतरतील।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: kalpa reference; appearance of Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
FAQs
It affirms that the Śrutis (Vedas), which reveal Brahman, are not random but divinely ordered in time; their proper arrangement supports right knowledge (jñāna) that culminates in liberation, aligned with the Shaiva view that Śiva is the Supreme Reality indicated by the highest Vedic teaching.
By grounding practice in Śruti, it implies that Saguna worship—such as Linga-upāsanā—rests on scriptural order and authority; Vedic arrangement clarifies disciplines and meanings that lead from form-based devotion to realization of the Supreme (Brahman/Śiva).
The takeaway is to follow Śruti-aligned sādhana: daily mantra-japa (notably Shaiva mantras like the Panchākṣarī, where taught), and disciplined worship performed according to scriptural injunctions, treating the Veda as the guiding standard for purity and contemplation.