Shloka 12
नरकयातनावर्णनम् / Description of Hell-Torments for Specific Transgressions
स्पर्शदोषेण ये मूढास्स्पृशंति च परस्त्रियम् । तेषां करोऽग्निवर्णाभिः पांशुभिः पूर्य्यते भृशम्
sparśadoṣeṇa ye mūḍhāsspṛśaṃti ca parastriyam | teṣāṃ karo'gnivarṇābhiḥ pāṃśubhiḥ pūryyate bhṛśam
जो मूढ़जन स्पर्श-दोष से परस्त्री को (अनुचित रूप से) स्पर्श करते हैं, उनके हाथ अग्निवर्ण भस्म-सदृश धूल से अत्यन्त भर जाते हैं—मानो उस अपराध की दाहक छाप हो।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Bhairava
FAQs
It warns that adharma—especially violating marital boundaries—creates a burning karmic imprint (pāśa/bondage). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, such impurity strengthens pasha and obstructs the soul’s clarity needed for Shiva-realization.
Linga-worship emphasizes purity of body, speech, and mind; this verse highlights restraint as a prerequisite for approaching Saguna Shiva with integrity. Ethical discipline supports genuine devotion and makes ritual worship spiritually effective rather than merely external.
Practice self-restraint (brahmacharya in conduct), daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and purification disciplines such as Tripuṇḍra-bhasma with remembrance of Shiva—using worship to burn impurities rather than feed them.