Shloka 23

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

Devanagari script

षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि संख्यातानि तु संख्यया दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi saṃkhyātāni tu saṃkhyayā divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu prāhuḥ saṃkhyāvido janāḥ

Translation

گنتی کے پیمانے سے شمار کیے گئے ساٹھ ہزار (اکائیاں) کو ہی اہلِ حساب ایک ہزار دیویہ برس کہتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• षष्टिः: sixty

• च एव: and indeed

• सहस्राणि: thousands

• संख्यातानि: counted/enumerated

• तु: indeed

• संख्यया: by calculation/measure

• दिव्यम्: divine (celestial)

• वर्षसहस्रम्: a thousand years

• तु: indeed

• प्राहुः: they say/declare

• संख्याविदः: knowers of computation/number

• जनाः: people/sages

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

By defining divine measures of time, the verse frames Shiva as Pati who governs kāla; Linga worship is thus oriented to the timeless Reality beyond changing cosmic cycles.

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

Although the verse speaks in cosmological numbers, its Shaiva implication is that time and its calculations belong to prakṛtic order (a form of pasha), while Shiva-tattva remains the transcendent regulator and witness of all measures.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the takeaway for Pashupata-oriented sādhana is viveka—seeing kāla as a bond (pasha) and seeking refuge in Pati through japa, dhyāna, and Linga-upāsanā that aims at liberation beyond time.