Shloka 92

एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च

Devanagari script

भविष्यसि विमूढस्त्वं मायया शङ्करस्य तु एवं कल्पे तु वैवृत्ते संज्ञा नश्यति ते ऽनघ

Transliteration

bhaviṣyasi vimūḍhastvaṃ māyayā śaṅkarasya tu evaṃ kalpe tu vaivṛtte saṃjñā naśyati te 'nagha

Translation

శంకరుని మాయ వల్ల నీవు పూర్తిగా మోహగ్రస్తుడవు అవుతావు. ఈ విధంగా కల్పం తిరిగి మారినప్పుడు, ఓ నిర్దోషీ, నీ సంజ్ఞ—సరైన గుర్తింపు—నశిస్తుంది।

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyasi: you will become

• vimūḍhaḥ: utterly deluded

• tvam: you

• māyayā: by Māyā/veiling power

• śaṅkarasya: of Śaṅkara (Shiva)

• tu: indeed

• evam: thus

• kalpe: in the kalpa/aeon

• tu: then/indeed

• vaivṛtte: when it has revolved/turned over (cycled)

• saṃjñā: recognition, right cognition, awareness

• naśyati: perishes/is lost

• te: for you/your

• anagha: O blameless one.

Speaker

Suta (outer narration), conveying an internal warning within the chapter’s dialogue (contextual)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shankara
• Maya

FAQs

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

It frames the devotee’s central task: to pierce Māyā (pāśa) through Shiva-orientation (Pati-bhakti). Linga worship functions as a stabilizing support for saṃjñā—right recognition of Shiva as the inner Lord beyond cyclical time.

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

Shiva is implied as Pati who wields Māyā as a power of concealment and revelation. The pashu’s loss of recognition is not Shiva’s limitation but the soul’s bondage under pāśa within the turning of kalpas.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway is vigilance against māyika forgetfulness: sustained japa, dhyāna on the Linga, and Pāśupata-oriented discipline that preserves saṃjñā (right cognition) across changing states and cycles.