Shloka 59
ब्राह्मणीस्वर्गतिवर्णनम्
Brāhmaṇī-Svargati-Varṇana: Account of a Brāhmaṇa Woman’s Ascent to Heaven
तव माता पान्थवर्य्य साक्षाद्दिव्यमयं वरम् । देहं धृत्वा द्रुतं साक्षाच्छंभोर्यास्यति सद्गतिम्
tava mātā pānthavaryya sākṣāddivyamayaṃ varam | dehaṃ dhṛtvā drutaṃ sākṣācchaṃbhoryāsyati sadgatim
O noble traveller, your mother—at once assuming a blessed body, truly divine—will swiftly attain the auspicious supreme state through Śambhu Himself.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: The narrative asserts that by Śambhu’s direct agency the departed attains sadgati, even receiving a divya-deha; the kṣetra functions as a conduit of Śiva’s saving grace rather than mere geographic holiness.
Significance: Assurance of sadgati through Śambhu: emphasizes Śiva as the sole efficient cause (nimitta) of liberation in Siddhānta; rites are supportive, grace is decisive.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It declares Śiva’s grace as the direct cause of sadgati: through contact with Śambhu’s power (often via pilgrimage and devotion), even an ordinary embodied being can be transformed and swiftly attain an auspicious liberating state.
In the Kotirudra context, Śambhu is approached as Saguna—present and accessible through Jyotirliṅga worship and tīrtha-yātrā—where His manifest form becomes the immediate means for upliftment and liberation.
The implied practice is Jyotirliṅga pilgrimage and Śiva-bhakti—darśana, pūjā, and remembrance of Śambhu—supported by Shaiva disciplines like mantra-japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) for attaining sadgati.