Shloka 59
मुनिमोहशमनम्
Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī
असिपत्रवनं चैव शाल्मलिच्छेदनं तथा ताडनं भक्षणं चैव पूयशोणितभक्षणम्
asipatravanaṃ caiva śālmalicchedanaṃ tathā tāḍanaṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ caiva pūyaśoṇitabhakṣaṇam
Da ist auch der Wald der schwertgleichen Blätter (asipatravana), das Zerschneiden durch śālmali-Dornen, Schläge und das Verschlungenwerden — ja sogar das erzwungene Essen von Eiter und Blut. So kosten die paśus, gebunden durch pāśa aus ihrem eigenen Karma, die bittere Frucht des adharma, bis sie sich dem Pati, Śiva, dem Befreier, zuwenden.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
By vividly listing hell-torments, the verse functions as a dharma-warning that pushes the pashu away from adharma and toward Shiva-bhakti and Linga-puja as a purifying, bondage-cutting orientation to the Pati.
Shiva-tattva is implied as the transcendent Pati who is untouched by karmic suffering, while the bound soul (pashu) undergoes results of action; liberation arises when the soul turns from pasha (bondage) toward the Lord.
No specific rite is named in this line; the takeaway is ethical purification as the basis for Shaiva sadhana—preparing the pashu for Pashupata-oriented discipline and Linga-puja that counteracts karmic bondage.