Shloka 30
Strī-svabhāva-kathanam: Nārada–Pañcacūḍā-saṃvāda
Discourse on Dispassion via the Nārada–Pañcacūḍā Dialogue
इदमन्यच्च देवर्षे रहस्यं सर्वयोषिताम् । दृष्ट्वैव पुरुषं सद्यो योनिः प्रक्लिद्यते स्त्रियाः
idamanyacca devarṣe rahasyaṃ sarvayoṣitām | dṛṣṭvaiva puruṣaṃ sadyo yoniḥ praklidyate striyāḥ
“And another secret, O divine sage, common to all women is this: the moment they merely see a man, the woman’s yoni immediately becomes moist, stirred by desire.”
A narrator within the Umāsaṃhitā discourse (traditionally Sūta Gosvāmi relaying the Purāṇic narration to the sages)
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
It highlights kāma (desire) as a powerful pasha (bond) that can arise instantly through sense-contact; Shaiva discipline advises vigilance, restraint, and turning the mind toward Śiva to transcend such impulses and move toward moksha.
By pointing to the immediacy of sense-stimulation, the verse indirectly supports the need for stabilizing practices—such as Linga worship and Saguna Śiva bhakti—which gather the mind from outward attraction into devotion, purity, and inner steadiness.
Cultivate indriya-nigraha (sense-restraint) alongside daily Shiva-upasana: japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), applying Tripuṇḍra bhasma, and steady meditation on Śiva to cool and redirect desire.