Shloka 61
Kṛṣṇādi-Śivabhaktoddhāraṇa & Śiva-māhātmya-varṇana
Deliverance of Krishna and other devotees; Description of Shiva’s Greatness
पुरन्दरेण शप्तस्तु तपस्वी यश्च सुस्थिरम् । अधर्म्यं धर्ममल मल्लिंगमारध्य कामदम्
purandareṇa śaptastu tapasvī yaśca susthiram | adharmyaṃ dharmamala malliṃgamāradhya kāmadam
That steadfast ascetic—though cursed by Purandara (Indra)—worshipped the wish-bestowing Liṅga. By that worship, what was unrighteous was cleansed into dharma, and the taint of wrongdoing was removed.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, Uma-saṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: A curse by Indra (Purandara) becomes the narrative pressure; the ascetic’s liṅga-ārādhana transforms adharma into dharma by removing mala—an archetypal Purāṇic pattern of kṣetra/liṅga-mahātmyas without naming a Jyotirliṅga here.
Significance: Promises moral-ritual purification: liṅga-worship is portrayed as kāmada (fruit-giving) and as a remover of dharma-mala (ethical/spiritual taint), aligning with the Siddhānta emphasis on Śiva’s grace cleansing pāśa.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse teaches that even the weight of a curse and prior adharma can be transformed when one turns to Śiva through sincere Linga-worship; devotion to Pati purifies karma and removes dharma-mala (spiritual impurity).
It presents the Linga as the accessible Saguna focus through which the devotee approaches the transcendental Śiva; by ārādhana of the Linga, inner impurities are cleansed and one is restored to dharmic alignment.
Perform Linga ārādhana with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering water and bilva leaves with repentance and steadiness; the emphasis is on firm tapas and bhakti that purify wrongdoing.