Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

त्रिंशद्यानि तु वर्षाणि दिव्यो मासस्तु स स्मृतः मानुषं तु शतं विप्रा दिव्यमासास्त्रयस्तु ते

Transliteration

triṃśadyāni tu varṣāṇi divyo māsastu sa smṛtaḥ mānuṣaṃ tu śataṃ viprā divyamāsāstrayastu te

Translation

三十个人间之年，被宣说为一“天月”。诸婆罗门啊，一百个人间之年，据说等同于三个月天月——如是开示时间之量度，由此得知在主宰帕提（湿婆）之下，创造与毁灭的轮回。

Word by Word

• triṁśat: thirty

• yāni: (which are) / consisting of

• tu: indeed

• varṣāṇi: years

• divyaḥ: divine

• māsaḥ: month

• tu: and

• saḥ: that

• smṛtaḥ: is remembered/declared

• mānuṣam: human (reckoning)

• tu: indeed

• śatam: a hundred

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas

• divya-māsāḥ: divine months

• trayaḥ: three

• tu: indeed

• te: those/that (measure)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It establishes a Purāṇic scale of divine time, helping devotees align vrata, pūjā, and cosmological contemplation with Śiva as Pati—the Lord who governs sṛṣṭi and pralaya.

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

By teaching time-measure as a sacred principle, it implies Śiva-tattva as the transcendent regulator of kāla—within whom the pashu (souls) experience cyclical existence under pasha (bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It supports kāla-anusandhāna (contemplation of time) used in Śaiva vrata discipline and Pāśupata-oriented practice—seeing all temporal cycles as dependent on Pati, not as ultimate reality.