Shloka 56
Dehāśucitā-vicāraḥ
Inquiry into the Impurity of the Body
कृमिभिस्तुद्यमानस्य कुष्ठिनो वानरस्य च । कंडूयनाभितापेन यद्भवेत्स्त्रिषु तद्विदः
kṛmibhistudyamānasya kuṣṭhino vānarasya ca | kaṃḍūyanābhitāpena yadbhavetstriṣu tadvidaḥ
賢者は知る――癩を患う猿が虫に噛み食われ、灼ける苦しみと痒みに責められる、その同類の責苦が、女のうちにも現れると。
Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma-Samhita discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
FAQs
It uses a stark analogy to highlight how sense-driven agitation and embodied suffering are forms of pasha (bondage); the Shaiva aim is to turn from such torment toward Shiva as Pati, the liberator.
By exposing the misery of worldly agitation, it implicitly directs the seeker to take refuge in Saguna Shiva through Linga-worship, cultivating purity and dispassion that lead toward Shiva’s grace.
Practice restraint of the senses and steady remembrance of Shiva—japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with a mind oriented to vairagya (dispassion).