Shloka 157
येन केनाप्युपायेन यत्र कुत्रापि भूतले । शुद्धान्नभुक्सदा मौनीरहस्यं न प्रकाशयेत्
yena kenāpyupāyena yatra kutrāpi bhūtale | śuddhānnabhuksadā maunīrahasyaṃ na prakāśayet
いかなる手段によろうとも、地上のいずこにあろうとも、常に清浄の食を取り、言葉を慎んで沈黙を守り、シヴァの礼拝と真言の聖なる秘奥を不適の者に決して明かしてはならない。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific (sthāla) passage; it gives general sādhaka-niyamas for guarding mantra-rahasya and maintaining śuddhi.
Significance: Frames eligibility (adhikāra) for mantra/arcana: purity of food and speech-restraint are presented as prerequisites for Śiva-upāsanā to bear fruit.
FAQs
It teaches the shaiva discipline (niyama): purity of intake, restraint of speech, and protection of esoteric instructions, so the devotee’s mind becomes fit for Shiva-bhakti and liberation under Pati (Shiva).
Linga-worship is not merely external; it requires inner purity and controlled speech. Guarding the ‘rahasya’ implies that the mantra and procedures connected to Saguna Shiva’s worship are to be transmitted properly through qualified instruction.
Practice shuddhāhāra (pure diet), mauna or measured speech, and confidential japa/upāsanā—especially of the Panchāksharī—sharing mantra and methods only with a worthy seeker.