Shloka 53

शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)

Devanagari script

प्रणेमुस् तुष्टुवुश् चैव प्रीतिकण्टकितत्वचः विज्ञाप्य शितिकण्ठाय पशुपाशविमोक्षणम्

Transliteration

praṇemus tuṣṭuvuś caiva prītikaṇṭakitatvacaḥ vijñāpya śitikaṇṭhāya paśupāśavimokṣaṇam

Translation

Estremecidos por la devoción—con la piel erizada de júbilo—se postraron y lo alabaron; y luego presentaron a Śitikaṇṭha (el Señor de la Garganta Azul) su súplica acerca de la liberación de los paśus de los pāśas (ataduras).

Word by Word

• प्रणेमुस्: they bowed down / prostrated

• तुष्टुवुः: they praised

• च एव: and indeed

• प्रीति-कण्टकित-त्वचः: having skin horripilated due to loving joy (devotional rapture)

• विज्ञाप्य: having informed / having submitted a request

• शितिकण्ठाय: to Śitikaṇṭha (Śiva, the Blue-throated)

• पशु-पाश-विमोक्षणम्: the liberation (release) of the paśu (individual soul) from the pāśa (bondage/fetter)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Śitikaṇṭha)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames worship and praise as a direct approach to Pati (Śiva) for paśupāśa-vimokṣaṇa—showing that devotion to Śiva is oriented toward liberation of the soul from bondage, not merely worldly boons.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva appears as Śitikaṇṭha, the compassionate Lord addressed as the liberator: the supreme Pati who alone can remove pāśas (bondages) from the paśu (finite self) through grace.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Devotional prostration and stuti (hymnic praise) culminating in vijñapti (formal supplication) to Śiva—an inner posture aligned with Pāśupata orientation toward release from pāśa.