Dehāśucitā-vicāraḥ
Inquiry into the Impurity of the Body
इत्थं महत्परं दिव्यं शास्त्रमुक्तं शिवेन तु । तपसः कथनार्थाय स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधनम्
itthaṃ mahatparaṃ divyaṃ śāstramuktaṃ śivena tu | tapasaḥ kathanārthāya svargamokṣaprasādhanam
Así, este śāstra supremamente grande y divino fue proclamado por el Señor Śiva para exponer la disciplina del tapas; es un medio que otorga tanto el cielo como la liberación (mokṣa).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Affirms śāstra and tapas as Śiva’s grace-medium leading to svarga (abhyudaya) and mokṣa (niḥśreyasa); encourages disciplined practice under Śiva’s teaching.
Role: liberating
It declares Śiva as the revealer of a divine śāstra whose purpose is to teach tapas as a transformative discipline that culminates in both higher enjoyment (svarga) and final release (mokṣa) under the Lord’s grace.
By affirming that the teaching is spoken by Śiva, it supports Saguna devotion—approaching Śiva as the compassionate Lord who gives practical disciplines (like tapas) that mature worship into liberation, which Linga-worship traditionally embodies.
The verse points to tapas—regular self-discipline such as vrata (vows), japa of Śiva-mantras (e.g., Panchākṣarī), and steady worship—undertaken with devotion to Śiva as the means leading toward mokṣa.