Shloka 25

Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः

Devanagari script

द्वापरश्च कलिश्चैव युगान्येतानि सुव्रताः अथ संवत्सरा दृष्टा मानुषेण प्रमाणतः

Transliteration

dvāparaśca kaliścaiva yugānyetāni suvratāḥ atha saṃvatsarā dṛṣṭā mānuṣeṇa pramāṇataḥ

Translation

โอผู้ทรงวัตรอันประเสริฐ ทวาปรและกาลี—เหล่านี้ก็เป็นยุคเช่นกัน บัดนี้พึงเข้าใจมาตราของปี (สํวัตสร) ตามมาตรามนุษย์

Word by Word

• द्वापरः: Dvāpara (the third age)

• च: and

• कलिः: Kali (the fourth age)

• च एव: and indeed/also

• युगानि: the Yugas (world-ages)

• एतानि: these

• सुव्रताः: O virtuous ones / O observers of good vows

• अथ: now/then

• संवत्सराः: years

• दृष्टाः: are seen/are presented/are stated

• मानुषेण: by humans/according to human (scale)

• प्रमाणतः: as a measure/according to valid measure

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

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

By defining Yugas and human measures of time, the verse frames Linga-pūjā as a sādhana performed within kāla (time), while reminding devotees that time itself is governed by Pati—Śiva—toward whom worship is directed for steadiness across changing ages.

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

Although Śiva is not named here, the Purāṇic context treats kāla as an ordered principle within the Lord’s sovereignty: the changing Yugas belong to the realm of pāśa (conditions and limitation), whereas Shiva-tattva stands as the transcendent Lord (Pati) beyond temporal fluctuation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed in this line; its takeaway for Pāśupata-oriented practice is to cultivate time-awareness (kāla-smṛti) and urgency for sādhana—regular japa, vrata, and Linga-arcana—especially as the narrative moves toward describing human-scale measures.