Shloka 55

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

कुर्याद्वर्षं क्रमेणैव व्युत्क्रमेणापि वा द्विजाः स याति शिवसायुज्यं ज्ञानयोगमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

kuryādvarṣaṃ krameṇaiva vyutkrameṇāpi vā dvijāḥ sa yāti śivasāyujyaṃ jñānayogamavāpnuyāt

Translation

कुर्याद्वर्षं क्रमेणैव व्युत्क्रमेणापि वा द्विजाः । स याति शिवसायुज्यं ज्ञानयोगमवाप्नुयात् ॥

Word by Word

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt): should perform

• वर्षम् (varṣam): for a year

• क्रमेण (krameṇa): in proper order/sequence

• एव (eva): indeed

• व्युत्क्रमेण (vyutkrameṇa): in reverse/altered order

• अपि (api): even

• वा (vā): or

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ): O twice-born (brāhmaṇa/initiated)

• सः (saḥ): he

• याति (yāti): goes/attains

• शिवसायुज्यम् (śiva-sāyujyam): union/identity-with Śiva (liberation)

• ज्ञानयोगम् (jñāna-yogam): yoga of knowledge (liberating insight)

• अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt): would obtain/attain.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It states that sustained Śiva-observance (vrata/upāsanā) for a year—whether perfectly sequential or with adjusted sequence—still bears the highest fruit: Śiva-sāyujya, affirming the primacy of devotion and continuity in Linga-centered practice.

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

Śiva is presented as Pati, the liberator who grants sāyujya (intimate union) and jñāna-yoga—indicating His role as the supreme source of grace that dissolves pāśa and reveals the soul’s true orientation toward Him.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A year-long Śiva-vrata (regulated observance) is emphasized, culminating not merely in merit but in jñāna-yoga—liberating insight aligned with Pāśupata-oriented discipline leading to mokṣa.