Shloka 21
ब्राह्मणीस्वर्गतिवर्णनम्
Brāhmaṇī-Svargati-Varṇana: Account of a Brāhmaṇa Woman’s Ascent to Heaven
सूत उवाच । एवं पुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा तन्माता दुःखसंयुता । निःश्वस्याति तदा धेनुर्वत्सं वचनमब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca | evaṃ putravacaḥ śrutvā tanmātā duḥkhasaṃyutā | niḥśvasyāti tadā dhenurvatsaṃ vacanamabravīt
Sūta said: Having thus heard her son’s words, his mother—overcome with sorrow—sighed deeply. Then the cow spoke these words to her calf.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It highlights the tender dharmic mood of compassion and responsiveness: sorrow is acknowledged, and right speech is offered in response—qualities that purify the heart and prepare it for Shiva-bhakti and grace.
Though not directly naming the Liṅga here, the Purana’s narrative method uses human (and symbolic) emotions to mature devotion; such softened, sattvic awareness becomes fit for Saguna Shiva worship and for receiving the Jyotirlinga-related teachings of the Koṭirudrasaṃhitā.
The implied practice is śravaṇa (devotional listening) and mindful, truthful speech in distress; as a Shaiva takeaway, one may accompany such listening with silent japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to steady the mind.