Shloka 41
Vaiśyanātha-avatāra-kathā
The Account of Śiva’s Manifestation as Vaiśyanātha
नन्दीश्वर उवाच । तमेवं दृढनिर्बन्धं सा विज्ञाय सुदुःखिता । स्वभृत्यैः कारयामास चितां स्वभवनाद्बहिः
nandīśvara uvāca | tamevaṃ dṛḍhanirbandhaṃ sā vijñāya suduḥkhitā | svabhṛtyaiḥ kārayāmāsa citāṃ svabhavanādbahiḥ
Nandīśvara said: Knowing him to be so firmly resolved, she was plunged into deep sorrow, and through her own attendants she had a funeral pyre prepared outside her residence.
Nandishvara (Nandi)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Highlights how moha and social fear (pāśa) manifest as grief and frantic arrangements; the narrative sets the stage for grace that overturns ordinary dharma/adharma calculations.
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It highlights how intense worldly attachment and irreversible resolve can culminate in grief, pointing the seeker toward vairāgya and refuge in Pati (Lord Shiva) as the steady ground beyond sorrow.
The narrative mood underscores impermanence and suffering in saṃsāra; in Shaiva Siddhanta, turning from such instability to Saguna Shiva—worshiped as the Linga—supports devotion and inner steadiness leading toward grace.
Contemplation on anityatā (impermanence) alongside japa of the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” is implied as a practical takeaway; it stabilizes the mind when faced with grief and change.