Shloka 17

यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्

Ascetic Atonements and Discipline

Devanagari script

कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रं कुर्वीत चान्द्रायणमथापि वा स्कन्देदिन्द्रियदौर्बल्यात् स्त्रियं दृष्ट्वा यतिर्यदि

Transliteration

kṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ kurvīta cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā skandedindriyadaurbalyāt striyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yatiryadi

Translation

もしヤティ（出家の遁世者）が、感官（インドリヤ）の弱さにより、女人を見て精の失墜を起こしたなら、厳重なる贖罪「クリッチュラーティクリッチュラ」を修すべし。あるいは「チャンドラーヤナ」の誓戒を受持せよ。このタパスにより、パシュ（束縛された魂）は感官を調御し、パーシャ（縛り）をゆるめ、再びパティ—主シヴァへと心を向ける。

Word by Word

• कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रं: the very severe 'Kṛcchrātikṛcchra' penance

• कुर्वीत: should perform

• चान्द्रायणम्: the Cāndrāyaṇa vow (lunar-cycle fast)

• अथ अपि वा: or else

• स्कन्देत्: should have a fall / should emit semen

• इन्द्रियदौर्बल्यात्: due to weakness of the senses

• स्त्रियम्: a woman

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• यतिः: a renunciant, ascetic

• यदि: if

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the Sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Linga-centered Shaiva life as grounded in purity and self-restraint: when a lapse occurs, prescribed prāyaścitta restores adhikāra (fitness) for Shiva-upāsanā and reorients the pashu toward Pati.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva-tattva is implied as Pati—the liberating Lord—toward whom the soul must turn by removing pasha (bondage) created and strengthened by indriya-daurbalya; expiation and tapas become means to re-establish that alignment.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It highlights prāyaścitta through Kṛcchrātikṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa, paired with yogic indriya-nigraha (sense-control) as essential discipline for a yati in the Pashupata-oriented Shaiva path.