Shloka 49
पापभेदवर्णनम्
Classification of Sins / Taxonomy of Pāpa
और्ण्णकार्पासकौशेयपट्टसूत्रोद्भवानि च । स्थूलसूक्ष्माणि वस्त्राणि ये लोभाद्धि हरंति च
aurṇṇakārpāsakauśeyapaṭṭasūtrodbhavāni ca | sthūlasūkṣmāṇi vastrāṇi ye lobhāddhi haraṃti ca
وأمّا الذين بدافع الطمع يسرقون الثياب—مما صُنع من صوفٍ أو قطنٍ أو حريرٍ أو قماشٍ نفيسٍ أو خيط، غليظًا كان أو رقيقًا—فإنهم حقًّا يقترفون ذنبًا مُستنكرًا يقيّد الروح برباط الكارما.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana’s ethical teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
The verse highlights lobha (greed) as a pasha (bond) that drives adharma like theft; such acts thicken karmic impurity and obstruct the soul’s turning toward Shiva, the Pati who alone grants release.
Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana is grounded in inner and outer purity—truthfulness, non-stealing, and restraint. Stealing out of greed contradicts the devotional discipline (bhakti with dharma) required to approach Saguna Shiva with a purified heart.
Practice non-stealing (asteya) as a vrata, confess and renounce greed, and support it with daily Panchakshara japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple Shiva worship (water/abhisheka) as acts of purification and reorientation toward dharma.