Shloka 73
सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च
Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues
एते तपन्ति वर्षन्ति भान्ति वान्ति सृजन्ति च भूतानामशुभं कर्म व्यपोहन्तीह कीर्तिताः
ete tapanti varṣanti bhānti vānti sṛjanti ca bhūtānāmaśubhaṃ karma vyapohantīha kīrtitāḥ
These divine powers blaze with heat, pour down rain, shine forth, blow as the winds, and also bring forth creation; and they are celebrated here as those who drive away the inauspicious karma of beings—by the grace of Pati, Lord Śiva, loosening the pasha (bondage) that binds the pashu (soul).
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It frames Shiva’s linga-centered reality as the source of the five cosmic operations—heat, rain, light, wind, and creation—and teaches that contemplating and praising these powers purifies aśubha karma, making the worshipper fit for Shiva’s anugraha (liberating grace).
Shiva-tattva is shown as Pati manifesting through shakti as the sustaining and creative forces of the cosmos, while also being the purifier who removes karmic impurity—transforming the pashu by dissolving pasha.
The verse points to kīrtana (praise/recitation) and contemplative alignment with Shiva’s cosmic functions—an inner Pāśupata orientation where devotion and insight work together to burn and wash away aśubha karma.