Shloka 49
Śiva-jñāna and the Non-dual Vision of a Śiva-maya Universe (शिवज्ञानम्—सर्वं शिवमयम्)
पुनश्श्रुते च सद्भक्तिर्मुक्तिस्स्याच्च श्रुते पुनः । तस्मात्पुनःपुनश्श्राव्यं भुक्तिमुक्तिफलेप्सुभिः
punaśśrute ca sadbhaktirmuktissyācca śrute punaḥ | tasmātpunaḥpunaśśrāvyaṃ bhuktimuktiphalepsubhiḥ
Durch erneutes Hören erwacht wahre Bhakti; und durch erneutes Hören wird Befreiung erlangt. Darum sollen jene, die die Früchte weltlichen Genusses und der endgültigen Erlösung begehren, es immer wieder hören lassen—wieder und wieder.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific (sthala) passage; it teaches śravaṇa (hearing) as a repeatable means to generate bhakti and culminate in mukti.
Significance: Frames repeated śravaṇa of Śiva-kathā as a ‘portable tīrtha’: it yields bhukti (worldly well-being) and mukti (release) through devotion and grace.
Type: stotra
FAQs
It teaches that repeated śravaṇa (devotional hearing) matures the heart into sat-bhakti and culminates in mukti; the same sacred account works progressively—purifying, deepening devotion, and finally loosening bondage (pāśa) by Shiva’s grace.
Hearing Shiva’s līlā and Jyotirliṅga-mahātmya repeatedly strengthens saguna-upāsanā—faith, reverence, and steadiness in worship—through which the mind becomes fit to realize Shiva as Pati (the liberating Lord) beyond limitation.
Regular śravaṇa of Shiva Purana (especially Jyotirliṅga narratives), ideally on Mondays or Mahāśivarātri, accompanied by japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” as a practical way to convert hearing into lived devotion.