Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 83

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

एवं युगाद्युगस्येह संतानं तु परस्परम् वर्तते ह व्यवच्छेदाद् यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः

Transliteration

evaṃ yugādyugasyeha saṃtānaṃ tu parasparam vartate ha vyavacchedād yāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ

Translation

因此，在此世间，一个瑜伽（yuga）继一个瑜伽相续相承，依其分期而有度地推进，直至一摩奴劫（Manvantara）圆满终尽。在这有序的时流之中，帕提——主湿婆——恒为不变之基；而诸“兽”（paśu，众生之魂）则在业力的绳索（pāśa）束缚下，往复流转于重重轮回。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus

• युगात् युगस्य: from one yuga to another yuga

• इह: here (in this world)

• संतानम्: continuous succession/lineage

• तु: indeed

• परस्परम्: one after another/mutually in sequence

• वर्तते: proceeds/continues

• ह: verily (emphatic particle)

• व्यवच्छेदात्: by division/segmentation, in measured intervals

• यावत्: until

• मन्वन्तर-क्षयः: the end/completion of a manvantara

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames cosmic time as an ordered succession of yugas up to a manvantara, reminding the devotee that while time and worlds change, devotion to the Liṅga anchors the paśu (soul) to the timeless Pati (Śiva).

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

Though the verse speaks of yuga-sequence, its Shaiva import is that Śiva as Pati is the steady ground of kāla: cycles unfold in divisions, but Śiva-tattva is not diminished by the passing of yugas and manvantaras.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is named; the takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline—cultivating detachment from cyclical time (kāla) and karma (pāśa) through steady Śiva-bhakti and inner recollection of the Pati.