Shloka 23
कामशापानुग्रहः (Kāmaśāpānugraha) — “The Curse and Grace Concerning Kāma”
उदीरितेंद्रियो धाता वीक्ष्याहं स यदा च ताम् । तदैव चोनपंचाशद्भावा जाताश्शरीरतः
udīriteṃdriyo dhātā vīkṣyāhaṃ sa yadā ca tām | tadaiva conapaṃcāśadbhāvā jātāśśarīrataḥ
When Dhātā, the Creator, his senses stirred into activity, beheld her, he said, “I look upon her.” At that very moment, from his own body arose the forty-nine formative principles (bhāvas).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: secondary creation (sarga) triggered through guṇic agitation
FAQs
It shows how creation unfolds when consciousness turns outward through the senses: the “forty-nine bhāvas” symbolize the structured field of experience that later becomes a bond (pāśa). Shaiva Siddhanta emphasizes transcending these constituents through devotion and Shiva-knowledge to realize Pati (Shiva) beyond the created categories.
The verse highlights that manifested principles arise with sensory-objectification; Linga worship centers the mind back on Shiva as the stable, formless-supraform (nirguṇa-saguṇa bridge). By fixing awareness on the Linga, the devotee reverses outward dispersion and moves toward Shiva as the ground of all tattvas.
A practical takeaway is sense-restraint with mantra-japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to pacify sensory agitation. On Mahāśivarātri, combine japa with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and steady dhyāna on the Linga to rise beyond the created “bhāvas.”