Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra
Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms
अयमेव हि संसारी मायया मोहितः पशुः । शिवज्ञानविहीनो हि नानाकर्मविमूढधीः
ayameva hi saṃsārī māyayā mohitaḥ paśuḥ | śivajñānavihīno hi nānākarmavimūḍhadhīḥ
حقًّا إنّ هذا الكائن المتنقّل في السَّمْسارا هو «باشو» (paśu)، النفس المقيَّدة التي خدعتها المايا (Māyā). ولأنّه محروم من معرفة شيفا (Śiva)، يضطرب فهمه ويتخبّط بين أفعالٍ لا تُحصى (كارما).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
It defines the saṃsārī jīva as paśu (the bound soul) whose bondage is sustained by Māyā and ignorance of Śiva; liberation arises when Śiva-jñāna dawns and karma-driven confusion is transcended.
Linga/Saguṇa-Śiva worship disciplines the mind and turns the bound paśu away from scattered karmas toward devotion and right knowledge; through grace, such worship matures into Śiva-jñāna that cuts Māyā’s delusion.
Shift from mere multiplicity of actions to Śiva-centered sādhanā—regular japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-abhiṣeka with inner remembrance, and wearing/using rudrākṣa and bhasma as supports for steady awareness of Śiva.