Shloka 176

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

अकालिके त्वधर्मे च अनर्थे वारिसूदन एवमुक्त्वा ददौ चक्रं सूर्यायुतसमप्रभम्

Transliteration

akālike tvadharme ca anarthe vārisūdana evamuktvā dadau cakraṃ sūryāyutasamaprabham

Translation

โอ วาริสูทนะ ครั้นตรัสถึงภัยอันมาไม่ถูกกาล อธรรม และความพินาศแล้ว พระองค์ได้ประทานจักรอันรุ่งโรจน์ดุจแสงแห่งสุริยะนับหมื่น

Word by Word

• akālike: untimely (calamity/occasion)

• tu: indeed

• adharme: in unrighteousness

• ca: and

• anarthe: in misfortune/ruin

• vārisūdana: O slayer of the waters (epithet of Viṣṇu/heroic protector)

• evam: thus

• uktvā: having spoken

• dadau: (he) gave/bestowed

• cakram: discus (wheel-weapon)

• sūryāyuta-sama-prabham: having radiance equal to ten thousand suns

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an embedded episode)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse frames divine protection as a function of cosmic order: the Lord’s power restrains akāla (untimely disruption), adharma, and anartha—principles that obstruct proper worship and the stability required for linga-pratiṣṭhā and regular pūjā.

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

Even when a boon or weapon is granted within the narrative, the verse implies Shiva-tattva as Pati—the sovereign regulator of dharma—whose śakti empowers the removal of pasha-like forces (disorder, unrighteousness, ruin) that bind the pashu (individual soul) to suffering.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It points to the protective dimension of practice: in Pāśupata-oriented discipline, adharma and anartha are to be ‘cut’ through niyama, mantra-japa, and śiva-arcana—mirrored symbolically by the cakra that destroys obstacles to dharma.