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
彼女を見て、その仙人—賢者の中の虎—は久しく苦行を修した。堅固に坐を結び、聖なる沈黙（マウナ）を守り、調息（プラーナーヤーマ）によって息を制し、清浄なる智慧をもって、揺るぎなくシヴァの証得に心を定めた。
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.