Shloka 16
Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्
आयामतः स विज्ञेयो माल्यवानिव विस्तृतः जम्बूद्वीपस्य विस्तारात् समेन तु समन्ततः
āyāmataḥ sa vijñeyo mālyavāniva vistṛtaḥ jambūdvīpasya vistārāt samena tu samantataḥ
आयामतः स पर्वतो माल्यवानिव विस्तृतो विज्ञेयः; जम्बूद्वीपविस्तारात् तु समन्ततः समेन प्रसृतः।
Suta Goswami
FAQs
By describing the ordered, symmetrical spread of Jambūdvīpa, the verse frames the cosmos as a regulated manifestation—supporting the Shaiva view that creation is sustained under Pati (Shiva), whom the Linga signifies as the stable axis of reality.
Implicitly, it points to Shiva-tattva as the principle of measure and order: the world’s extensions are not random but ‘even on all sides,’ reflecting the governing intelligence of Pati over the manifest field in which paśus experience pasha and seek release.
No direct puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is contemplative discipline (dhyāna) on cosmic order—useful in Pāśupata-oriented practice to steady the mind on Shiva as the unshaken ground symbolized by the Linga.