Shloka 13
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
अतः शिवप्रसादेन प्रकृत्यादिवशं भवेत् । शिवप्रसादलाभार्थं शिवमेव प्रपूजयेत्
ataḥ śivaprasādena prakṛtyādivaśaṃ bhavet | śivaprasādalābhārthaṃ śivameva prapūjayet
Therefore, by Śiva’s grace one becomes free from subjection to Prakṛti and the like. To obtain that grace of Śiva, one should worship Śiva alone.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: As Viśveśvara/Viśvanātha of Kāśī, Śiva is praised as the Lord who grants liberation by His grace; the teaching here frames mokṣa as release from Prakṛti through Śiva-prasāda rather than mere ritual merit.
Significance: Darśana and worship oriented to Śiva’s anugraha are held to loosen pāśa (bondage) and turn the soul toward liberation beyond Prakṛti.
Type: panchakshara
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that liberation is ultimately made possible by Śiva’s prasāda (grace), through which the soul is no longer dominated by Prakṛti and other binding conditions; hence devotion directed to Śiva is the direct means to receive that grace.
In the Vidyeśvara context, worship of Saguna Śiva—especially through the Śiva-liṅga as the accessible form of the Supreme—becomes the practical path to invoke Śiva’s grace, which then leads the devotee toward transcendence beyond material nature.
Single-pointed Śiva-upāsanā is implied—daily liṅga-pūjā with Panchākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offered with devotion to seek Śiva’s prasāda as the transforming power behind spiritual freedom.