सर्वभूतास्थिमालाभिरापादवलिताकृतिः । विलसत्येव कल्पान्ते कालः कलितकल्पनः ॥ २२ ॥
sarvabhūtāsthimālābhirāpādavalitākṛtiḥ | vilasatyēva kalpāntē kālaḥ kalitakalpanaḥ || 22 ||
Translation
At the end of the aeon Time shines, its form adorned to the feet with garlands of the bones of all beings, having put an end to all forms.
Word by word
- sarva
- of all
- bhūta
- beings
- asthi
- of the bones
- mālābhir
- (mālābhiḥ) with garlands
- āpāda
- to the feet
- valita
- adorned
- ākṛtiḥ
- its form
- vilasati
- shines
- ēva
- indeed
- kalpāntē
- at the end of the aeon
- kālaḥ
- Time
- kalita
- having put an end to
- kalpanaḥ
- all forms
Meaning
At the dissolution Time is pictured as Śiva-Bhairava, garlanded with skulls and bones down to his feet. It has undone all the divisions and unions of beings, the commentary says. The image is terrifying and also magnificent: Time adorned with everything that was.