Shloka 6
Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi
Condensed Ritual Sequence
अभक्ष्यभक्षी सम्पूज्य याक्षं प्राप्नोति दुर्जनः गानशीलश् च गान्धर्वं नृत्यशीलस्तथैव च
abhakṣyabhakṣī sampūjya yākṣaṃ prāpnoti durjanaḥ gānaśīlaś ca gāndharvaṃ nṛtyaśīlastathaiva ca
الشرير الذي يأكل ما هو محرَّم، وإن أقام العبادة، ينال حال يَكْشَا. ومن كان مولعًا بالغناء ينال حال غندهرفا، وكذلك المولع بالرقص ينال مصيرًا يوافقه. وهكذا تنتقل الأنفس المتجسدة (باشو) إلى مواليد مخصوصة بحسب السلوك والميول الغالبة؛ أمّا التحقّق الحقّ بشيفا فيتطلّب تطهيرًا يتجاوز الأفعال الظاهرة وحدها.
Suta Goswami
FAQs
It warns that mere worship without ethical purity does not ensure liberation; impure conduct (like eating forbidden foods) still yields lower karmic destinations, so Linga-puja must be joined with śuddhi (purification) and right living.
Implicitly, it distinguishes worldly attainments (yakṣa/gandharva states) from Śiva-tattva: Shiva as Pati grants true release only when the paśu is freed from pasha—bondage of impurity and karma—beyond external merit.
The takeaway is behavioral and ritual purity as a prerequisite for fruitful Shiva-puja; without niyama-like discipline and inner cleansing, practice yields only limited karmic results rather than Pashupata-oriented liberation.