Shloka 4
नारदतपोवर्णनम्
Nārada’s Austerities Described
तां दृष्ट्वा मुनिशार्दूलस्तेपे स सुचिरं तपः । बध्वासनं दृढं मौनी प्राणानायम्य शुद्धधीः
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā muniśārdūlastepe sa suciraṃ tapaḥ | badhvāsanaṃ dṛḍhaṃ maunī prāṇānāyamya śuddhadhīḥ
Setelah melihatnya, sang ‘harimau para resi’ menjalani tapa untuk waktu yang lama. Dengan postur yang teguh, berdiam dalam mauna, mengendalikan prāṇa melalui prāṇāyāma, ia berakal suci dan mantap menuju penyaksian Śiva.
Sūta Gosvāmī (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya within the Sṛṣṭi narrative)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It presents tapas-yoga as inner purification: firm posture, silence, and prāṇāyāma steady the mind and cleanse the intellect, making the seeker fit to turn toward Pati (Śiva) and transcend bondage (pāśa).
Even when the narrative begins from seeing a form (saguṇa), the response is disciplined sādhanā—stilling speech and breath—so devotion matures into inward contemplation, the basis for Linga-dhyāna and one-pointed Śiva-bhakti.
A yogic regimen: sit in a steady āsana, observe mauna, and practice prāṇāyāma; this can be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as a Shaiva meditative discipline.