Shloka 64
रुद्राक्ष-माहात्म्य
Rudrākṣa Māhātmya — The Greatness of Rudraksha
एकवक्त्रः शिवः साक्षाद्भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदः । तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण ब्रह्महत्या व्यपोहति
ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ | tasya darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā vyapohati
Der einantlitzige Herr Śiva ist wahrlich der Höchste selbst, der die Früchte weltlichen Genusses und der Befreiung verleiht. Schon durch bloßes Schauen auf Ihn wird selbst die Sünde des Brahmanenmordes vertrieben.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: The emphasis on darśana that annihilates even mahāpātaka resonates with Kāśī’s Viśvanātha-kṣetra doctrine: mere contact/darśana in the Lord’s city is said to grant swift purification and the seed of liberation.
Significance: Darśana of Śiva (especially in Kāśī) is traditionally held to burn sins and orient the soul toward mokṣa; the verse mirrors that purificatory promise.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It proclaims Śiva as Pati—the direct Supreme Lord—who grants both bhukti (rightly ordered worldly wellbeing) and mukti (liberation), and teaches that sincere darśana (devotional encounter) has purificatory power capable of destroying even the gravest sin.
The verse emphasizes accessible grace through saguna upāsanā—Śiva as a form that can be seen and approached; in the Shiva Purana this is commonly realized through Liṅga-darśana and pūjā, where the devotee’s vision and reverence become the channel for purification and liberation.
Seek Śiva-darśana with devotion—especially through Liṅga-darśana—while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”); simple, focused bhakti and remembrance are implied as the core practice for purification.