Shloka 18
गौतमस्य शिवदर्शनं पापक्षयवचनं च | Gautama’s Vision of Śiva and the Teaching on Sin and Purification
गौतम उवाच । सत्यं नाथ ब्रवीषि त्वं तथापि पंचभिः कृतम् । नान्यथा भवतीत्यत्र यज्जातं जायतां तु तत्
gautama uvāca | satyaṃ nātha bravīṣi tvaṃ tathāpi paṃcabhiḥ kṛtam | nānyathā bhavatītyatra yajjātaṃ jāyatāṃ tu tat
Gautama said: “True indeed, O Lord, is what you speak. Yet, since it has been done by the five, it cannot be otherwise. Therefore, let that which has arisen here come fully to fruition.”
Gautama
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: No Jyotirliṅga specified. The phrase ‘pañcabhiḥ kṛtam’ is best read as appeal to an established cosmic/ritual order (often glossed as pañca—e.g., pañca-kṛtya or pañca-brahma aspects), hence ‘it cannot be otherwise’.
Significance: Teaches alignment with cosmic order: once a dharmic/cosmic process is set in motion, the devotee prays for its auspicious completion rather than egoic alteration.
FAQs
The verse emphasizes dharma and the inevitability of what has been set in motion—when an act is already accomplished by authoritative powers, the seeker responds with acceptance and alignment, a Shaiva attitude of surrender to the Lord’s unfolding will.
In Linga-centered Shaiva devotion, the devotee learns to accept Shiva’s ordinance (ājñā) as auspicious; this verse models that inner posture—recognizing truth in the Lord’s words and consenting to the outcome as part of the sacred order upheld by Saguna Shiva.
A practical takeaway is sankalpa with surrender: perform japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while offering the results to Shiva, cultivating acceptance (prasāda-buddhi) rather than resistance to events already ordained.