Shloka 37
मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics
संन्यस्य सर्वकर्म्माणि शिवाश्रयपरा यतः । देहं दूषयतस्तेषां राज्ञो राष्ट्रं च नश्यति
saṃnyasya sarvakarmmāṇi śivāśrayaparā yataḥ | dehaṃ dūṣayatasteṣāṃ rājño rāṣṭraṃ ca naśyati
যারা সকল কর্ম ত্যাগ করে একান্তভাবে শিবের আশ্রয় গ্রহণ করে, কিন্তু অপবিত্র আচরণে দেহকে কলুষিত করে—তাদের কারণে রাজা ও রাজ্য উভয়ই বিনষ্ট হয়।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that taking refuge in Śiva (bhakti or sannyāsa) must be joined with inner and outer purity; otherwise, hypocrisy and bodily corruption become a social sin (pāśa) that blocks grace and harms the wider community.
Liṅga-worship signifies Śiva as the pure Pati (Lord) who sanctifies the devotee; the verse warns that external identity as a Śaiva without disciplined conduct contradicts the purity symbolized by the Liṅga and weakens dharma in the realm.
Maintain śauca (purity) alongside Śiva-āśraya: daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), sincere vrata-niyama, and (where appropriate) Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa worn with ethical restraint rather than mere display.