Shloka 6

Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः

Devanagari script

तावच्छती च वै संध्या संध्यांशश् च कृतस्य तु त्रिशती द्विशती संध्या तथा चैकशती क्रमात्

Transliteration

tāvacchatī ca vai saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaś ca kṛtasya tu triśatī dviśatī saṃdhyā tathā caikaśatī kramāt

Translation

Для Крита-юги сумеречная стыковка (сандхья) и её завершающая часть (сандхьямша) равны по длительности — по четыреста лет каждая. Затем, по порядку, длительность сандхьи составляет триста, двести и сто лет в последующих югах.

Word by Word

• tāvat: of that same measure

• śatī: a hundred (as a unit, here implying hundreds)

• ca: and

• vai: indeed

• sandhyā: the junction/twilight period between yugas

• sandhyā-aṃśaḥ: the portion of the sandhyā (the concluding junction)

• ca: and

• kṛtasya: of the Kṛta (Satya) Yuga

• tu: but/indeed

• triśatī: three hundreds (300)

• dviśatī: two hundreds (200)

• sandhyā: the junction period

• tathā: likewise

• ca: and

• ekaśatī: one hundred (100)

• kramāt: successively/in order

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-worship within Shiva’s governance of time (kāla): as yugas change and dharma declines, sādhana and ritual intensity are understood relative to the yuga’s sandhyā measures.

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

By defining cosmic time-junctions, it implies Shiva as Pati—Lord of kāla and niyati—who orders creation’s rhythms, within which the pashu seeks liberation from pāśa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It highlights kāla-viveka (discernment of time): aligning vrata, japa, and pūjā with yuga-conditions—an underlying principle for Pāśupata discipline and Purāṇic observance.