Shloka 68

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

विचारणाच्च वैराग्यं वैराग्याद्दोषदर्शनम् दोषाणां दर्शनाच्चैव द्वापरे ज्ञानसंभवः

Transliteration

vicāraṇācca vairāgyaṃ vairāgyāddoṣadarśanam doṣāṇāṃ darśanāccaiva dvāpare jñānasaṃbhavaḥ

Translation

由抉择之观（vicāraṇā）生起离欲（vairāgya）；由离欲而得明见诸过失。又由亲见这些缺失，在兜婆罗时代（Dvāpara），解脱之智的生起便成为可能。

Word by Word

• विचारणात् (vicāraṇāt): from inquiry/discriminative reflection

• च (ca): and

• वैराग्यम् (vairāgyam): dispassion, detachment

• वैराग्यात् (vairāgyāt): from dispassion

• दोष-दर्शनम् (doṣa-darśanam): perception of faults/defects

• दोषाणाम् (doṣāṇām): of faults

• दर्शनात् (darśanāt): from seeing/realizing

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed

• द्वापरे (dvāpare): in the Dvāpara-yuga

• ज्ञान-संभवः (jñāna-saṃbhavaḥ): the arising/origination of knowledge (jnana)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

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

It frames Linga worship as an inner discipline: inquiry (vicāra) ripens into detachment (vairāgya), which exposes defects (doṣas) and prepares the devotee for jñāna—making external puja fruitful by purifying the pashu (individual soul) from pasha (bondage).

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the goal of jñāna: when the soul sees the defects that bind it and becomes dispassionate, knowledge dawns that turns the pashu toward Pati (Shiva), the unbound Lord beyond doṣa and change.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A yogic purification sequence is highlighted—vicāra → vairāgya → doṣa-darśana → jñāna—aligned with Pāśupata-oriented inner practice, where self-examination and detachment support mantra-japa, dhyāna, and steady Linga-upāsanā.