Shloka 3
पापभेदवर्णनम्
Classification of Sins / Taxonomy of Pāpa
परिवित्तिः परिवेत्ता च यया च परिविद्यते । तयोर्दानं च कन्यायास्तयोरेव च याजनम्
parivittiḥ parivettā ca yayā ca parividyate | tayordānaṃ ca kanyāyāstayoreva ca yājanam
El ‘parivitti’ (el hermano mayor que permanece sin casarse), el ‘parivettā’ (el hermano menor que se casa primero) y la mujer por quien se consuma tal falta: para esos dos hermanos debe realizarse la entrega de una doncella en matrimonio, y sólo para esos dos se prescribe la oficiación sacerdotal (yājana).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; it is a dharma-technical verse on irregular marriage order (parivedana) and its ritual/social consequences.
Significance: General: upholds social-ritual order (varṇāśrama-dharma) as a stabilizing framework for sādhana; disorder is treated as a source of pratyavāya (ritual demerit) that distracts from Śiva-upāsanā.
FAQs
The verse places social-ritual order (dharma) as a supporting discipline for a Shaiva life: when dharma is disrupted, responsibility and ritual accountability fall specifically on those who caused the disruption, so that devotion and worship proceed without disorder.
In the Shiva Purana, external rites and inner devotion are meant to align; this rule frames who is ritually eligible/answerable in household rites, thereby preserving the integrity of offerings and worship directed to Saguna Shiva (including Linga worship).
No specific japa or bhasma/rudraksha practice is prescribed in this line; the takeaway is dharmic restraint and proper ritual responsibility, which traditionally supports Shiva-upasana such as Panchakshara japa performed with purity of conduct.