बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
करणेन फलं याति तमसः परिहापनात् । जन्मनः परिमार्जित्वाज्ज्ञबुद्ध्या जनितानि च
karaṇena phalaṃ yāti tamasaḥ parihāpanāt | janmanaḥ parimārjitvājjñabuddhyā janitāni ca
Por la práctica recta de la disciplina de Śiva se alcanza el fruto, pues la oscuridad (tamas) es ahuyentada. Habiendo purificado las manchas traídas desde el nacimiento, y también las nacidas de un entendimiento extraviado, el buscador queda apto para la gracia de Śiva y la liberación.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Teaches the inner purpose of pilgrimage/discipline: removal of tamas and karmic stains so the soul becomes fit (adhikārin) for Śiva’s grace and liberation.
It teaches that the promised fruit of Shaiva practice is the removal of tamas (spiritual darkness), cleansing both innate (birth-conditioned) impurities and errors born of deluded intellect—preparing the soul for Shiva’s liberating grace.
Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva-upasana are presented as practical means (karaṇa) that dispel tamas and purify the devotee’s inner instruments, making devotion mature into knowledge and freedom.
Steady Shaiva sadhana—especially japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), dhyana on Shiva, and purificatory observances like bhasma (Tripundra) and disciplined conduct—aimed at removing tamas and correcting deluded cognition.