Shloka 96

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

Devanagari script

अनागतेषु तद्वच्च तर्कः कार्यो विजानता मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु अतीतानागतेष्विह

Transliteration

anāgateṣu tadvacca tarkaḥ kāryo vijānatā manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha

Translation

对于未来将至的摩奴劫期，明辨的智者也应运用同样的推理。因为在一切摩奴劫期——过去与未来——其原则当以反观省察而得领悟。

Word by Word

• अनागतेषु: in the future (times/manvantaras)

• तद्वत्: in the same manner

• च: and

• तर्कः: reasoning, reflective inquiry

• कार्यः: should be done/applied

• विजानता: by one who knows/discerns

• मन्वन्तरेषु: in the Manvantaras (cycles of Manu)

• सर्वेषु: in all

• अतीत-अनागतेषु: in the past and the future

• इह: here (in this teaching/world).

Speaker

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

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that the principles guiding Linga devotion and Shiva-tattva are not confined to one age; the same discerning inquiry applies across all cosmic cycles, strengthening steady (niṣṭhā) worship of Pati beyond changing outer forms.

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

By asserting continuity across past and future manvantaras, it implies Shiva’s status as the unchanging Pati—ever the same reality—while worlds and orders change; thus Shiva-tattva is timeless and knowable through right discernment.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It highlights jñāna-yukta sādhanā—using tarka (reflective discrimination) as an aid to Pashupata-oriented understanding, so practice is guided by insight rather than mere custom.