Shloka 4

सूर्यरथनिर्णयः (चन्द्रस्य पक्षवृद्धिक्षयविधानम्)

Devanagari script

क्रमते शुक्लपक्षादौ भास्करात्परमास्थितः आपूर्यते परस्यान्तः सततं दिवसक्रमात्

Transliteration

kramate śuklapakṣādau bhāskarātparamāsthitaḥ āpūryate parasyāntaḥ satataṃ divasakramāt

Translation

在白半月（Śukla-pakṣa）之初，它渐次前行，位置在太阳之外；其圆盘更远的一端，随着日序更迭，日日不断被充盈而渐满。

Word by Word

• क्रमते: advances/proceeds

• शुक्लपक्षादौ: at the beginning of the bright fortnight

• भास्करात्: than/from the Sun

• परम्: beyond/supreme

• आस्थितः: being situated/standing

• आपूर्यते: is filled up/increases

• परस्य: of the farther side/of the other

• अन्तः: end/limit/edge

• सततम्: continually

• दिवसक्रमात्: by the sequence/progression of days

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Surya (Bhaskara)
• Chandra (implied)

FAQs

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

It frames time (kāla)—days and fortnights—as a measurable cosmic order, reminding the worshipper that Shiva as Pati transcends the Sun and Moon while sustaining their rhythms; this supports choosing auspicious tithis for Linga-puja and seeing ritual time as Shiva’s ordinance.

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

By describing the luminaries’ ordered progression, it implicitly points to Shiva-tattva as the transcendent regulator of kāla: the Pati who is beyond the solar sphere yet immanent as the law that makes increase, decrease, and sequence intelligible for pashus bound by time (pāśa).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Observation of tithi–paksha cycles for vrata and puja timing, and a yogic takeaway of kāla-anusandhāna—contemplating time’s flow to loosen pāśa (bondage) and stabilize awareness in the Pashupata orientation toward the timeless Lord.