Shloka 7
तत्रैव ते हि शकुनाश्चत्वारो योगधर्मिणः । योगभ्रष्टास्त्रयश्चैव देहत्यागकृतोऽभवन्
tatraiva te hi śakunāścatvāro yogadharmiṇaḥ | yogabhraṣṭāstrayaścaiva dehatyāgakṛto'bhavan
Right there, among those birds, four were established in the discipline of Yoga; but three, having fallen away from Yoga, met their end by abandoning the body.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; the narrative uses birds as exemplars of yogic steadiness vs. lapse, illustrating bondage (pāśa) and its loosening through yoga.
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It highlights that even beings in non-human forms can uphold yogic discipline, but a lapse from Yoga (yogabhraṣṭa) leads to bondage and suffering—showing the Shaiva emphasis on steadiness in sādhanā under Pati (Shiva).
In Shaiva Siddhanta, Yoga is stabilized by grace and right orientation to Pati; devotion to Saguna Shiva (often through Linga-upāsanā) supports inner discipline, preventing the mind from falling away into pasha-bound tendencies.
The takeaway is consistency in daily sādhanā—japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditation with Shiva as the inner Lord—so that Yoga is not interrupted by negligence or distraction.