Shloka 45
Garbha-sthiti, Deha-pariṇāma, and Vairāgya-upadeśa
Embryonic Condition, Bodily Transformation, and Instruction in Detachment
शरीरं स्थूलसूक्ष्माभिर्दृश्याऽदृश्या हि तास्स्मृताः । एतावतीभिर्नाडीभिः कोटिभिस्तत्समंततः
śarīraṃ sthūlasūkṣmābhirdṛśyā'dṛśyā hi tāssmṛtāḥ | etāvatībhirnāḍībhiḥ koṭibhistatsamaṃtataḥ
શરીર સ્થૂલ અને સૂક્ષ્મ—દૃશ્ય અને અદૃશ્ય—એવી નાડીઓથી વ્યાપ્ત છે એમ સ્મૃતિમાં કહેવાયું છે; અને કરોડોની સંખ્યાવાળી નાડીઓ તેને સર્વ તરફથી ઘેરી રાખે છે.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not tied to a jyotirliṅga; the nāḍī-network imagery illustrates the subtle apparatus through which māyā and karma operate as pāśa (bondage).
Significance: Frames the body as a field of subtle conditioning; motivates disciplined sādhana and reliance on Śiva’s anugraha to transcend the māyīya-kārmika net.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It frames the human body as a field of both visible and invisible forces, filled with countless nāḍīs, preparing the seeker to turn inward—purifying the subtle body so the soul (paśu) may be released from bondage (pāśa) and oriented to Shiva (Pati).
By teaching that the body is interwoven with subtle channels, the Purana implies that external Linga-worship should be supported by internal discipline—steady prāṇa and purified nāḍīs—so devotion to Saguna Shiva becomes a direct means toward realizing Shiva’s higher, transcendent reality.
Nādī-śuddhi and prāṇāyāma aligned with japa—especially the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya)—as inner purification that complements Shaiva observances such as bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa.