Shloka 41
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
उत्पद्यन्ते तदा ते वै सम्प्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे अधीयन्ते तदा वेदाञ् शूद्रा धर्मार्थकोविदाः
utpadyante tadā te vai samprāpte tu kalau yuge adhīyante tadā vedāñ śūdrā dharmārthakovidāḥ
Khi thời đại Kali đã đến trọn vẹn, thì quả thật họ xuất hiện—những Śūdra học Veda và trở nên tinh thông các mục đích của dharma và artha.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames Kali-yuga as an age of social and religious inversion; in such instability, the Linga becomes a direct, accessible focus for devotion to Pati (Śiva) beyond fluctuating external qualifications.
Indirectly: by highlighting changing worldly structures (varna-based access and authority), it implies Śiva as Pati—the stable transcendental ground—while dharma in the world becomes variable in Kali-yuga.
No specific rite is named; the takeaway is that in Kali-yuga, disciplined sādhana (such as Śiva-bhakti centered on the Linga and Pāśupata-oriented self-restraint) becomes crucial amid shifting norms.