Shloka 20
दुःखम्तथैव विज्ञेयं रामस्याप्यथ पाण्डव । यच्छ्रुत्वा स्त्रीनराणां च भवेन्मोहो महत्तरः
duḥkhamtathaiva vijñeyaṃ rāmasyāpyatha pāṇḍava | yacchrutvā strīnarāṇāṃ ca bhavenmoho mahattaraḥ
O Pāṇḍava, know that even Rāma too encountered such sorrow; and on hearing it, an even greater delusion arises in the minds of both women and men.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva Purana discourse, addressing a listener as Pāṇḍava)
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It highlights that worldly sorrow can touch even the greatest exemplars, and that hearing of such events can intensify moha; the Shaiva takeaway is to seek Pati (Shiva) as the stabilizing refuge beyond changing experiences.
By pointing to the universality of duḥkha and moha, it indirectly urges devotees toward Saguna Shiva worship—Linga-upāsanā—as a concrete support for steadiness, surrender, and purification of the mind.
Practice japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and maintain Shaiva disciplines like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as supports for reducing moha and cultivating vairāgya.