Shloka 37
ब्राह्मणीस्वर्गतिवर्णनम्
Brāhmaṇī-Svargati-Varṇana: Account of a Brāhmaṇa Woman’s Ascent to Heaven
द्विज उवाच । स्वपिषि त्वं किमर्थं हि प्रातःकालो भवत्यलम् । स्वयात्रां कुरु तं देशं गमनेच्छा च यत्र ह
dvija uvāca | svapiṣi tvaṃ kimarthaṃ hi prātaḥkālo bhavatyalam | svayātrāṃ kuru taṃ deśaṃ gamanecchā ca yatra ha
The Brahmin said: “Why are you sleeping when it is already morning? Rise and set forth on your own pilgrimage. Go to that land for which your heart truly longs to depart.”
A Brahmin (Dvija)
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: The verse functions as a narrative push toward tīrtha-yātrā; in Koṭirudrasaṃhitā contexts such prompts often precede encountering a liṅga/manifestation or a revelatory event at a sacred site.
Significance: Encourages dharmic resolve (niścaya) to proceed toward the chosen sacred goal; in Śaiva framing, yātrā becomes a means for purifying pāśa (bondage) and ripening for Śiva’s grace.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It urges wakefulness and decisive spiritual effort: when the time for dharma has arrived, one should not remain in inertia but move toward the sacred goal (tirtha) with clear intention, cultivating devotion to Shiva.
In the Kotirudrasaṃhitā, pilgrimage commonly points toward Jyotirlinga sites—manifest forms of Saguna Shiva—so the call to “go to that land” supports approaching Shiva through tangible sacred places and embodied worship.
Begin the morning with sankalpa (resolve) for Shiva-oriented practice—such as japa of the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and then proceed with disciplined tirtha-yatra conduct (purity, restraint, remembrance of Shiva).