Shloka 73

सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च

Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues

Devanagari script

एते तपन्ति वर्षन्ति भान्ति वान्ति सृजन्ति च भूतानामशुभं कर्म व्यपोहन्तीह कीर्तिताः

Transliteration

ete tapanti varṣanti bhānti vānti sṛjanti ca bhūtānāmaśubhaṃ karma vyapohantīha kīrtitāḥ

Translation

这些神圣威力炽然为热，降下甘霖，放大光明，化作诸风，并且引生创造；此处称颂他们为能驱除众生不祥业力者——凭依主宰帕提、自在天湿婆之恩，松解束缚灵魂（帕舒）的绳索（帕沙）。

Word by Word

• ete: these

• tapanti: they heat/blaze

• varṣanti: they rain down

• bhānti: they shine

• vānti: they blow (as wind)

• sṛjanti: they create/emit

• ca: and

• bhūtānām: of living beings/creatures

• aśubham: inauspicious/impure

• karma: action and its residue

• vyapohanti: they remove/dispel

• iha: here/in this teaching

• kīrtitāḥ: are praised/declared

Speaker

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

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva’s linga-centered reality as the source of the five cosmic operations—heat, rain, light, wind, and creation—and teaches that contemplating and praising these powers purifies aśubha karma, making the worshipper fit for Shiva’s anugraha (liberating grace).

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

Shiva-tattva is shown as Pati manifesting through shakti as the sustaining and creative forces of the cosmos, while also being the purifier who removes karmic impurity—transforming the pashu by dissolving pasha.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse points to kīrtana (praise/recitation) and contemplative alignment with Shiva’s cosmic functions—an inner Pāśupata orientation where devotion and insight work together to burn and wash away aśubha karma.