Shloka 51

मुनिमोहशमनम्

Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī

Devanagari script

यदि योनिं विमुञ्चामि तत्प्रपद्ये महेश्वरम् यावद्धि वैष्णवो वायुर् जातमात्रं न संस्पृशेत्

Transliteration

yadi yoniṃ vimuñcāmi tatprapadye maheśvaram yāvaddhi vaiṣṇavo vāyur jātamātraṃ na saṃspṛśet

Translation

Wenn ich aus dem Schoß entlassen werden soll, nehme ich Zuflucht zu Maheśvara — solange der vaiṣṇavische Wind (Vaiṣṇava vāyu) das Neugeborene im Augenblick der Geburt noch nicht berührt.

Word by Word

• yadi: if

• yonim: the womb / source of birth

• vimuñcāmi: I am released / let go

• tat: then / therefore

• prapadye: I take refuge / surrender

• maheśvaram: to Maheśvara (Śiva as Pati, the Supreme Lord)

• yāvat: as long as / until

• hi: indeed

• vaiṣṇavaḥ: pertaining to Viṣṇu / called ‘Vaiṣṇava’

• vāyuḥ: wind / vital air

• jāta-mātram: just-born / newly arisen

• na: not

• saṃspṛśet: should touch / make contact.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a doctrinal/ritual statement within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva frame)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It foregrounds śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) in Maheśvara as the decisive act for the jīva (paśu) at the threshold of embodied life, aligning Linga devotion with liberation from repeated birth (yoni).

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

Śiva is presented as Maheśvara—the supreme Pati who alone can grant safe passage beyond yoni (birth-bondage), implying His sovereignty over prāṇa, embodiment, and the pasha of saṃsāra.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes immediate surrender and protective purity at birth; in a Shaiva-Pāśupata reading, it points to guarding prāṇa/saṃskāra influences and establishing the soul’s orientation toward Pati (Śiva) from the very beginning.