Shloka 24

Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्

Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations

Devanagari script

च्लस्सेस् ओफ़् सुन्रय्स् तस्य रश्मिसहस्रं तच् छीतवर्षोष्णनिःस्रवम् तासां चतुःशता नाड्यो वर्षन्ते चित्रमूर्तयः

Transliteration

classes of sunrays tasya raśmisahasraṃ tac chītavarṣoṣṇaniḥsravam tāsāṃ catuḥśatā nāḍyo varṣante citramūrtayaḥ

Translation

由彼（日轮）生起千道光流，流出为清冷、降雨与炽热之诸般出流。由此又有四百条那ḍī（脉道）倾注而出，显现种种奇妙形相。

Word by Word

• tasya: of that (Sun)

• raśmi-sahasram: a thousand rays

• tat: that (array/flow)

• chīta: cold

• varṣa: rain/rainy season

• uṣṇa: heat

• niḥsravam: outflow/issuing forth

• tāsām: of those (rays/streams)

• catuḥśatā: four hundred

• nāḍyaḥ: channels/tubes/veins (streams)

• varṣante: they rain/pour forth

• citra-mūrtayaḥ: of variegated/wondrous forms

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Surya

FAQs

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

It frames seasonal and climatic powers as orderly emanations within Shiva’s cosmic governance (niyati); the devotee worships the Linga as Pati, the Lord who stabilizes these forces for the welfare of all pashus (souls).

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

Though Surya is named, the verse points to an intelligible, regulated cosmos—an expression of Pati’s śakti functioning through measurable streams (rays and channels), indicating Shiva-tattva as the supreme regulator behind manifest energies.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A contemplative upāsanā is implied: meditating on the ordered flow of energies (rays/channels) to recognize bondage (pāśa) as misreading of nature, and to turn the mind toward Pati through Linga-dhyāna rather than being driven by seasonal dualities.