Shloka 49

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

पञ्चार्थज्ञानसम्पन्नः शिवतत्त्वे समाहितः कैवल्यकरणं योगविधिकर्मच्छिदं बुधः

Transliteration

pañcārthajñānasampannaḥ śivatattve samāhitaḥ kaivalyakaraṇaṃ yogavidhikarmacchidaṃ budhaḥ

Translation

পঞ্চাৰ্থ-জ্ঞানসম্পন্ন আৰু শিৱতত্ত্বত সমাহিত জ্ঞানী যোগবিধিৰ দ্বাৰা কৰ্মবন্ধন ছেদন কৰি কৈবল্য (পৰম মুক্তি) লাভ কৰে।

Word by Word

• पञ्चार्थ-ज्ञान: knowledge of the five categories/principles

• सम्पन्नः: endowed/fully possessed

• शिव-तत्त्वे: in the principle/reality of Śiva

• समाहितः: collected, absorbed, firmly established

• कैवल्य-करणम्: that which produces kaivalya (final aloneness/liberation)

• योग-विधि: the prescribed method/discipline of Yoga

• कर्म-च्छिदम्: cutter of karma (destroyer of karmic bonds)

• बुधः: the wise, the enlightened knower

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Śaiva doctrine to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames true Linga-centered devotion as inner realization: absorption in Śiva-tattva combined with yogic discipline that destroys karma, leading the pashu (soul) toward kaivalya under Pati (Śiva).

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva-tattva is presented as the supreme reality in which the practitioner becomes samāhita (steadily absorbed); this stabilized recognition is the basis for severing pāśa (bondage) in the form of karma.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It emphasizes yoga-vidhi—Pāśupata-oriented yogic discipline (concentration and contemplative absorption in Śiva) whose defining result is karma-cchida, the cutting of karmic bonds.