Shloka 66
मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics
एवं दशाहपर्य्यंतं विधिस्ते समुदाहृतः । यतीनां मुनिवर्य्याथैकादशाहविधिं शृणु
evaṃ daśāhaparyyaṃtaṃ vidhiste samudāhṛtaḥ | yatīnāṃ munivaryyāthaikādaśāhavidhiṃ śṛṇu
وهكذا فقد بُيِّن لك تمامًا الطقس الممتد إلى عشرة أيام. والآن، يا خيرَ الحكماء، استمع إلى السلوك المقرر للزهاد (اليَتِيّين) في اليوم الحادي عشر.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Significance: Marks a vrata-structure (ten-day rite culminating in an eleventh-day observance for yatīs), emphasizing disciplined practice as a means to loosen pāśa (bondage) and prepare for higher instruction.
FAQs
It marks the transition from an outer, time-bound ritual sequence (ten days) to a more refined discipline for renunciants, indicating that Shaiva observance culminates in inner purification and steadiness oriented toward Pati (Shiva) as the liberating Lord.
By introducing a structured vrata leading into the eleventh-day rite, it frames Linga/Saguna-Shiva worship as a graduated practice—external worship and rules prepare the mind, while the ascetic’s concluding observance emphasizes concentrated devotion and contemplative absorption in Shiva.
The verse directly signals an eleventh-day observance for yatīs—typically implying stricter restraint, intensified japa and dhyāna, and a focused completion of the vrata in Shiva-oriented contemplation rather than mere ceremonial performance.