Shloka 41
गौतमविघ्नप्रकरणम्
Episode of Obstacles to Gautama; Gaṇeśa’s Appearing Through Misguided Worship
सूत उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा ते च तं सर्वे पाषाणैस्समताडयन् । व्यथां ददुरतीवास्मै त्वहल्यां च दुरुक्तिभिः
sūta uvāca | ityuktvā te ca taṃ sarve pāṣāṇaissamatāḍayan | vyathāṃ daduratīvāsmai tvahalyāṃ ca duruktibhiḥ
Sūta said: Having spoken thus, all of them together struck him with stones. They inflicted severe pain upon him, and they also tormented Ahalyā with harsh and abusive words.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
The verse highlights how violence and cruel speech deepen bondage (pāśa) through karma; from a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, such actions obscure the soul’s purity and delay the soul’s movement toward Shiva’s grace (anugraha).
Though not describing a ritual directly, it provides ethical groundwork for Shiva-bhakti: true approach to Saguna Shiva (Linga worship) is supported by ahiṃsā, restraint of speech, and compassion—qualities that make worship fit to receive Shiva’s prasāda.
A practical takeaway is vāk-śuddhi (purifying speech) with japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and adopting non-injury as a vrata, as inner discipline that complements external worship like bhasma and rudrākṣa.