Shloka 15

यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्

Ascetic Atonements and Discipline

Devanagari script

विधिना शास्त्रदृष्टेन संवत्सरमिति श्रुतिः ततः संवत्सरस्यान्ते भूयः प्रक्षीणकल्मषः पुनर्निर्वेदमापन्नश् चरेद्भिक्षुरतन्द्रितः

Transliteration

vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena saṃvatsaramiti śrutiḥ tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte bhūyaḥ prakṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ punarnirvedamāpannaś caredbhikṣuratandritaḥ

Translation

Die Schrift verkündet, man solle die vorgeschriebene Regel, wie sie im Śāstra gesehen wird, ein volles Jahr lang befolgen. Dann, am Ende dieses Jahres, wenn die Makel weiter verzehrt sind, soll der Bhikṣu—erneut im nirveda (Unverhaftetsein) gefestigt—sein Almosenwandern ohne Nachlässigkeit fortsetzen.

Word by Word

• विधिना (vidhinā): according to the prescribed method

• शास्त्रदृष्टेन (śāstradṛṣṭena): as taught/seen in the scriptures

• संवत्सरम् (saṃvatsaram): for a year

• इति (iti): thus

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ): scriptural statement/tradition

• ततः (tataḥ): then

• संवत्सरस्यान्ते (saṃvatsarasyānte): at the end of the year

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ): further/again

• प्रक्षीणकल्मषः (prakṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ): with sins/impurities diminished

• पुनः (punaḥ): again

• निर्वेदम् (nirvedam): dispassion, world-weariness leading to detachment

• आपन्नः (āpannaḥ): having attained/entered

• चरेत् (caret): should practice/should move about

• भिक्षुः (bhikṣuḥ): mendicant, renunciant

• अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ): without sloth, vigilant

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the vrata/discipline taught in the Linga Purana tradition)

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-centered Shaiva practice as sustained sādhana: a year-long, scripture-guided discipline that purifies kalmaṣa and stabilizes the devotee in nirveda, making worship and life itself an offering to Pati (Shiva).

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

Implicitly, Shiva is Pati—the liberating Lord—approached not by momentary rites alone but by purification and vigilant detachment; as the pashu’s impurities decline, receptivity to Shiva’s grace and right knowledge increases.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A regulated vrata culminating in bhikṣu-caryā (disciplined alms-wandering) marked by atandratā (vigilance) and nirveda (dispassion), aligning with Pāśupata-oriented purification and restraint.