Shloka 20

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

तस्यां सिद्धौ प्रनष्टायाम् अन्या सिद्धिः प्रजायते अपां सौक्ष्म्ये प्रतिगते तदा मेघात्मना तु वै

Transliteration

tasyāṃ siddhau pranaṣṭāyām anyā siddhiḥ prajāyate apāṃ saukṣmye pratigate tadā meghātmanā tu vai

Translation

เมื่อสิทธิ์นั้นเสื่อมสูญไป สิทธิ์อื่นย่อมบังเกิดขึ้น และเมื่อสายน้ำกลับคืนสู่ภาวะอันละเอียดแล้ว แท้จริงย่อมปรากฏเป็นรูปแห่งเมฆา

Word by Word

• तस्याम् (tasyām): in that

• सिद्धौ (siddhau): in the siddhi/attainment

• प्रनष्टायाम् (pranaṣṭāyām): when it is lost/vanished

• अन्या (anyā): another

• सिद्धिः (siddhiḥ): attainment/power

• प्रजायते (prajāyate): is produced/arises

• अपाम् (apām): of the waters

• सौक्ष्म्ये (saukṣmye): into subtlety/subtle state

• प्रतिगते (pratigate): having returned/entered back

• तदा (tadā): then

• मेघात्मना (meghātmanā): with the nature/form of a cloud

• तु (tu): indeed/and

• वै (vai): certainly.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames change in siddhi as part of elemental transformation—hinting that the devotee’s focus should be steady on Pati (Shiva) rather than on transient powers, aligning Linga worship with liberation over display of siddhis.

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

By implying that manifestations arise and dissolve through subtle states, it points to Shiva-tattva as the stable Pati beyond mutable tattvas—while phenomena (like cloud-forms) belong to changing prakritic modes under his lordship.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It aligns with Pashupata-Yoga discernment: siddhis can appear and vanish as the yogin moves through subtle/manifest states; the practice is to remain detached from powers and anchored in Shiva-bhakti and tattva-viveka.