Shloka 41
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
उत्पद्यन्ते तदा ते वै सम्प्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे अधीयन्ते तदा वेदाञ् शूद्रा धर्मार्थकोविदाः
utpadyante tadā te vai samprāpte tu kalau yuge adhīyante tadā vedāñ śūdrā dharmārthakovidāḥ
Quando a era de Kali chega por inteiro, então de fato eles surgem: Śūdras que estudam os Vedas e se tornam versados nos fins de dharma e artha.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames Kali-yuga as an age of social and religious inversion; in such instability, the Linga becomes a direct, accessible focus for devotion to Pati (Śiva) beyond fluctuating external qualifications.
Indirectly: by highlighting changing worldly structures (varna-based access and authority), it implies Śiva as Pati—the stable transcendental ground—while dharma in the world becomes variable in Kali-yuga.
No specific rite is named; the takeaway is that in Kali-yuga, disciplined sādhana (such as Śiva-bhakti centered on the Linga and Pāśupata-oriented self-restraint) becomes crucial amid shifting norms.