Shloka 24
ऋषभचरित्रवर्णनम् (Ṛṣabha-caritra-varṇanam) — “Account of Ṛṣabha’s Sacred Narrative”
परिवर्ते पुनः षष्ठे द्वापरे लोककारकः । कर्ता वेदविभागस्य मृत्युर्व्यासो भविष्यति
parivarte punaḥ ṣaṣṭhe dvāpare lokakārakaḥ | kartā vedavibhāgasya mṛtyurvyāso bhaviṣyati
पुनः षष्ठे परिवर्ते द्वापरे लोककारकः। वेदविभागकर्त्ता मृत्युव्यासो भविष्यति॥
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: parivarta (sixth cycle) in Dvāpara-yuga; dharma-maintenance via Veda-vibhāga
FAQs
It teaches that in every age Shiva, the Lord who governs time and cosmic order, provides guidance suited to beings—here by manifesting a Vyāsa who organizes sacred knowledge so dharma and liberation remain accessible.
By calling the divine source “lokakāraka,” the verse points to Saguna Shiva’s compassionate activity in history: he sustains the world not only through worship-forms like the Liṅga, but also through preserving scripture and right practice.
The practical takeaway is disciplined study/recitation of Vedic and Shaiva teachings with devotion to Shiva—ideally supported by daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as the inner means to make scriptural knowledge transformative.