Shloka 33
दारुवनलीला—नीललोहितपरीक्षा, ब्रह्मोपदेशः, अतिथिधर्मः, संन्यासक्रमः
धर्मश्चैव तथा शप्तो माण्डव्येन महात्मना वृष्णयश्चैव कृष्णेन दुर्वासाद्यैर्महात्मभिः
dharmaścaiva tathā śapto māṇḍavyena mahātmanā vṛṣṇayaścaiva kṛṣṇena durvāsādyairmahātmabhiḥ
Thus Dharma himself was cursed by the great‑souled sage Māṇḍavya; and the Vṛṣṇis too were cursed—by Kṛṣṇa and by exalted sages such as Durvāsā. By such decrees of the mighty, the fruition of karma proceeds unfailingly under the higher governance of the Lord, the Pati.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames worldly events—boons, curses, and clan destinies—as unfolding within a higher cosmic order ultimately presided over by Shiva (Pati); Linga worship is presented as aligning the pashu (soul) with that governing Reality beyond fluctuating fortune.
While Shiva is not named directly, the verse implies an overarching, unfailing moral-causal governance: in Shaiva Siddhanta this is grounded in Shiva-tattva as Pati, the supreme regulator who allows karmic fruition without being tainted by it.
No specific rite is stated; the takeaway is ethical-yogic discipline—reducing pasha (bondage) by right conduct and devotion—supported by Linga-centered worship that stabilizes the mind in the Pati beyond karmic upheavals.