Shloka 27
मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics
मनोवेगं सर्वगं च विमानमनुगृह्य च । भुक्तभोगस्य तस्यापि भोगकौतूहलक्षये
manovegaṃ sarvagaṃ ca vimānamanugṛhya ca | bhuktabhogasya tasyāpi bhogakautūhalakṣaye
And (Śiva), showing grace, granted him a celestial chariot—swift as thought and able to go everywhere. Yet even for one who had already enjoyed pleasures, when the curiosity for further enjoyment came to an end, a turning toward the higher goal arose.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadashiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace): worldly boons may be given, but the deeper transformation occurs when attachment to enjoyment naturally wanes, opening the seeker to dispassion and liberation-oriented insight.
The verse reflects Saguna Śiva as the compassionate Lord who grants boons; in Linga-worship, devotees seek not only prosperity but also inner purification so that bhoga gives way to vairāgya and devotion ripens toward mokṣa.
A practical takeaway is to pair boon-seeking with daily Shiva-sadhana—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and mental offering—so that desires subside and the mind turns steadily toward Śiva.