Shloka 60
गिरिजातपः-परीक्षा तथा सप्तर्षि-आह्वानम्
Girijā’s Austerity-Test and the Summoning of the Seven Sages
गुरूणां वचनं सत्यमिति यद्धृदये न धीः । इहामुत्रापि तेषां हि दुखं न च सुखं क्वचित्
gurūṇāṃ vacanaṃ satyamiti yaddhṛdaye na dhīḥ | ihāmutrāpi teṣāṃ hi dukhaṃ na ca sukhaṃ kvacit
যিসকলৰ হৃদয়ত “গুৰুৰ বচন সত্য” এই স্পষ্ট নিশ্চয় নাই, তেওঁলোকে কেতিয়াও সুখ নাপায়; ইহলোক আৰু পৰলোক দুয়োটাতে তেওঁলোকৰ ভাগ দুখেই।
Lord Shiva (instructive discourse within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Warns that absence of guru-śraddhā leaves the soul under concealment (tirodhāna): knowledge does not dawn, hence no sukha either here or hereafter; reinforces the Siddhāntic insistence on right means (upāya) through ācārya.
FAQs
It teaches that śraddhā (trust) in the guru’s truthful instruction is essential for right knowledge and steady practice; without it, the soul remains bound by ignorance and repeatedly encounters sorrow in both worldly life and the afterlife.
Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva devotion are traditionally received through guru-upadeśa; honoring the guru’s word safeguards the purity of mantra, pūjā, and discipline, making devotion effective rather than merely external.
Follow the guru’s prescribed sādhana with faith—especially japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and disciplined pūjā—since the verse emphasizes inner conviction and obedience as the basis of spiritual fruit.