Shloka 38
मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics
तद्ग्रामवासिनस्तेऽपि भवेयुर्भृशदुःखिनः । तद्दोषपरिहाराय विधानं चैवमुच्यते
tadgrāmavāsinaste'pi bhaveyurbhṛśaduḥkhinaḥ | taddoṣaparihārāya vidhānaṃ caivamucyate
সে গ্রামের বাসিন্দারাও অতিশয় দুঃখে পীড়িত হবে। অতএব সেই দোষের পরিহারের জন্য এই বিধান এভাবে বলা হচ্ছে।
Unspecified in the isolated verse (narrative voice continues the instruction)
Tattva Level: pasha
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse frames a communal consequence of ritual/ethical doṣa and introduces a prāyaścitta-vidhi to avert suffering.
Significance: General teaching: removal of doṣa restores śānti and social well-being; aligns with Śaiva Siddhānta emphasis on karma-mala and its ritual remediation.
FAQs
The verse assumes that a serious doṣa (fault) can generate repercussions extending beyond the individual to the wider community, reflecting a Purāṇic moral-ritual ecology in which social and cosmic order (dharma) is shared; hence a vidhāna (prescribed remedy) is taught to restore balance through expiation and corrective practice.