Shloka 37
निर्दयस्त्वं सुनिर्लज्जश्शिशुधीभिद्यशोऽपहा । हरेः पार्षदमध्ये हि वृथा चरसि मूढधीः
nirdayastvaṃ sunirlajjaśśiśudhībhidyaśo'pahā | hareḥ pārṣadamadhye hi vṛthā carasi mūḍhadhīḥ
“You are cruel and utterly shameless—one who harms the innocent and steals others’ good name. Even while moving among Hari’s attendants, you wander in vain, your understanding deluded.”
Inferred: a divine attendant or authority figure addressing a wayward being within the Vaiṣṇava retinue (narrated within Sūta’s discourse in the Rudrasaṃhitā context).
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: No Jyotirliṅga linkage; this is a rebuke within a Vaiṣṇava-retinue setting, highlighting moral failure despite proximity to sanctity (association without transformation).
FAQs
It condemns cruelty, shamelessness, and defamation as marks of deluded intellect (mūḍhadhī), implying that such pashas (bondages) make one’s religious position fruitless even if one stays near holy company.
From a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, outer proximity to sacred circles is not enough; Linga-worship must be joined with inner purity—ahiṃsā, truthfulness, and restraint—so that devotion becomes a real means for Shiva’s grace rather than ‘wandering in vain.’
A practical takeaway is daily self-purification before japa—apply vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) with repentance, repeat the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and observe a vow to avoid harming others and to refrain from slander.