Shloka 41

अनरण्यसुता–पिप्पलादचरितम् / The Episode of Anaraṇya’s Daughter and Sage Pippalāda

Devanagari script

कलिशेषेऽखिलाश्छिन्ना भविष्यन्ति तवांघ्रयः । पुनस्सत्ये समायाते परिपूर्णो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

kaliśeṣe'khilāśchinnā bhaviṣyanti tavāṃghrayaḥ | punassatye samāyāte paripūrṇo bhaviṣyasi

Translation

เมื่อสิ้นกลียุค อวัยวะทั้งปวงของท่านจะถูกตัดขาด แต่เมื่อสตยยุคหวนกลับมาอีกครั้ง ท่านจักกลับเป็นผู้สมบูรณ์ครบถ้วนดังเดิม

Word by Word

• कलिशेषे: at the end of Kali (age)
• कलिशेषे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कलेः शेषे)

• अखिलाः: all
• अखिलाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• छिन्नाः: cut off, severed
• छिन्नाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle/क्त-कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• भविष्यन्ति: will become/will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• अङ्घ्रयः: feet
• अङ्घ्रयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• सत्ये: in Satya (age)
• सत्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• समायाते: when (it) has come/returned
• समायाते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle/क्त-कृदन्त) from समायात; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) with सत्ये

• परिपूर्णः: fully complete
• परिपूर्णः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahākāla

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: End of Kali (yuga-sandhyā) followed by return of Satya (yuga renewal)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that the decay of dharma in Kali-yuga brings fragmentation and suffering, yet time is cyclical and restoration comes with Satya-yuga—signaling Shiva’s governance over cosmic order and the eventual re-integration of what is broken.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

In Kali-yuga, devotees rely on Saguna Shiva—especially Linga worship—as a stable refuge when worldly supports fail; the verse underscores that even amid decline, Shiva remains the sustaining Pati who restores wholeness in the proper cosmic season.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Kali-yuga remedies emphasized in Shaiva practice include steady Linga-pūjā, japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and wearing Rudrākṣa with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) to cultivate protection, purity, and inner steadiness.