Shloka 38
रुद्राक्ष-माहात्म्य
Rudrākṣa Māhātmya — The Greatness of Rudraksha
एकैकं कर्णयोः षट्षड्बाह्वोः षोडश षोडश । करयोरविमानेन द्विगुणेन मुनीश्वर
ekaikaṃ karṇayoḥ ṣaṭṣaḍbāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśa | karayoravimānena dviguṇena munīśvara
يا سيّدَ الحكماء، يكون التعداد على هذا الوجه: واحدٌ لكلّ أذنٍ من الأذنين؛ وستّةٌ وستّةٌ للذراعين؛ وستّةَ عشرَ وستّةَ عشرَ لسائر الأعضاء؛ وأمّا اليدان فلهما ضعفُ ذلك المقدار—فهكذا يكون الترتيب الصحيح.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya in the Viśveśvarasaṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It emphasizes niyama (disciplined correctness) in Śiva-upāsanā—devotion becomes steady and purifying when worship is performed with precise, reverent order rather than carelessness.
Such counted arrangements belong to saguna worship—serving Śiva through form, rite, and procedure—so the mind becomes one-pointed and fit to realize Śiva as Pati, the liberator of the bound soul.
Follow accurate counts and placement in Śiva-pūjā (often alongside Rudrākṣa, bhasma/Tripuṇḍra, and japa of the Pañcākṣarī ‘Om Namaḥ Śivāya’) to cultivate attentiveness and purity.