Shloka 31

भुवनकोशविन्यासनिर्णयः (ज्योतिर्गति-वृष्टिचक्र-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

विष्णोरौत्तानपादेन चाप्तं तातस्य हेतुना आपः पीतास्तु सूर्येण क्रमन्ते शशिनः क्रमात्

Transliteration

viṣṇorauttānapādena cāptaṃ tātasya hetunā āpaḥ pītāstu sūryeṇa kramante śaśinaḥ kramāt

Translation

此事由毗湿奴借乌塔那帕达而得，为成就其父之因缘。诸水虽被太阳吸饮，却仍按时循月亮的度量之序再度运行——宇宙的节律因此在主宰（Pati）的更高统摄下延续。

Word by Word

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu

• औत्तानपादेन: by Uttānapāda (son/line of Uttānapāda)

• च: and

• आप्तम्: obtained/attained

• तातस्य: of the father

• हेतुना: for the reason/cause

• आपः: waters

• पीताः: drunk/imbibed

• तु: indeed/however

• सूर्येण: by the Sun

• क्रमन्ते: proceed/move in order/return cyclically

• शशिनः: of the Moon

• क्रमात्: from/according to the sequence (due order).

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Surya
• Chandra (Shashi)

FAQs

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

It frames nature’s cycles (sun’s drying, moon’s restoring) as ordered movement under a higher Lordship—supporting Linga worship as reverence to Pati, the unseen regulator behind visible cosmic functions.

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

Though Shiva is not named, the verse implies a supreme governance beyond the luminaries: in Shaiva Siddhanta, such orderly recurrence belongs to Pati (Shiva), who directs the tattvas and their functions without being limited by them.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway is contemplative Pāśupata orientation: meditate on cyclic phenomena as signs of Pati’s niyati (cosmic order), cultivating detachment from pasha-bound appearances and steadiness in worship.