Shloka 36
भैरवावतारलीलावर्णनम् (Bhairava-avatāra-līlā-varṇanam) — “Narration of the Divine Play of Bhairava’s Descent”
यश्चिन्तयति पुण्यात्मा तव पादाम्बुजद्वयम् । ब्रह्महत्याकृतमपि पापन्तस्य व्रजेत्क्षयम्
yaścintayati puṇyātmā tava pādāmbujadvayam | brahmahatyākṛtamapi pāpantasya vrajetkṣayam
যি পুণ্যাত্মাই তোমাৰ দুটা পদ্মপাদ ধ্যান কৰে, তাৰ বাবে ব্ৰহ্মহত্যাজনিত পাপো নাশ হৈ ক্ষয়লৈ যায়।
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s glory to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Pāda-dhyāna is taught as an efficacious prāyaścitta: even brahmahatyā-doṣa is said to be destroyed by devotion, emphasizing Śiva’s grace over the gravest pāśa.
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that sincere remembrance and contemplation of Shiva (Pati) purifies the bound soul (paśu) from even the gravest karmic stains, because Shiva’s grace dissolves bondage (pāśa) when devotion becomes one-pointed.
Meditating on Shiva’s “lotus feet” is a Saguna focus that steadies the mind; in Shaiva practice this is supported by Linga-worship, where the devotee offers reverence outwardly while cultivating inner contemplation that leads toward Shiva’s liberating grace.
A simple practice is japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with dhyāna on Shiva’s feet, combined with traditional Shaiva disciplines such as Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as aids for steadiness and repentance.