Shloka 59
नभगोपाख्यानम्
Nabhaga-Upākhyāna: The Account of Nabhaga and Shiva-Jñāna
य एतच्चरितम्प्रातस्सायं च स्मरते सुधीः । कविर्भवति मन्त्रज्ञो गतिमन्ते लभेत्पराम्
ya etaccaritamprātassāyaṃ ca smarate sudhīḥ | kavirbhavati mantrajño gatimante labhetparām
El sabio que recuerda este relato sagrado por la mañana y de nuevo al atardecer se vuelve un verdadero poeta y conocedor de mantras; y al final, por la gracia de Śiva, alcanza el estado supremo, la liberación más alta.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Frames daily remembrance (smaraṇa) as a portable pilgrimage practice yielding mantra-siddhi and the ‘supreme state’.
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that regular smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of Śiva’s līlā purifies the mind, awakens inspired insight (kavi-bhāva), matures mantra-understanding, and culminates in parā gati—liberation oriented to Śiva as Pati (the Lord).
Remembering the ‘carita’ is a Saguna practice—contemplating Śiva’s manifest forms and acts (including Linga-related glory). Such steady recollection stabilizes devotion and leads the seeker from form-based worship toward the supreme state.
A simple daily discipline: morning and evening recitation/mental recollection of the chapter’s Shiva narrative, ideally alongside japa (e.g., the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and mindful contemplation.