Shloka 40
ब्राह्मणीस्वर्गतिवर्णनम्
Brāhmaṇī-Svargati-Varṇana: Account of a Brāhmaṇa Woman’s Ascent to Heaven
दोहनस्य तदा काले ब्राह्मणः स्वसुतं प्रति । उवाच गंतुकामश्च कार्यार्थं कुत्रचिच्च सः
dohanasya tadā kāle brāhmaṇaḥ svasutaṃ prati | uvāca gaṃtukāmaśca kāryārthaṃ kutracicca saḥ
Then, at the time of milking, that brāhmaṇa, wishing to go somewhere for some necessary task, spoke to his own son.
Suta Goswami (narrating)
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It sets a dharmic, household context—duty (kārya) performed with order and responsibility—through which Shiva’s grace and sacred outcomes (often connected to Jyotirlinga narratives in the Koṭirudrasaṃhitā) unfold.
Though the verse is narrative, it frames the human setting in which devotion later becomes active; in the Shiva Purana, ordinary duties often become the doorway to Saguna Shiva’s presence and to pilgrimage or acts of reverence associated with Jyotirlingas.
No explicit rite is stated; the implied takeaway is to maintain daily dharma and purity of intention, and to remember Shiva (e.g., mentally repeating the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while attending to necessary duties.