Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्माद् योगं प्रशंसन्ति धर्मयुक्ता मनीषिणः अविद्यां विद्यया जित्वा प्राप्यैश्वर्यमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tasmād yogaṃ praśaṃsanti dharmayuktā manīṣiṇaḥ avidyāṃ vidyayā jitvā prāpyaiśvaryamanuttamam

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ധർമ്മത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതരായ മേധാവികൾ യോഗത്തെ പ്രശംസിക്കുന്നു; വിദ്യയാൽ അവിദ്യയെ ജയിച്ച് അനുത്തമ ഐശ്വര്യം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• योगम्: Yoga (discipline of union)

• प्रशंसन्ति: they praise

• धर्मयुक्ताः: endowed with dharma / aligned with righteous conduct

• मनीषिणः: the discerning wise

• अविद्याम्: ignorance (the root of bondage)

• विद्यया: by knowledge / liberating insight

• जित्वा: having conquered

• प्राप्य: having attained

• ऐश्वर्यम्: lordship, sovereignty, spiritual mastery

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, supreme

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-devotion as incomplete without inner discipline: Yoga grounded in dharma purifies the worshipper and turns external puja into a means to destroy avidyā, the core obstacle to realizing Shiva (Pati).

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

Shiva is implied as Pati—the source of true aiśvarya (spiritual sovereignty). When the paśu overcomes avidyā through vidyā, that supreme mastery reflects nearness to Shiva’s own lordship and culminates in mokṣa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It highlights dharma-yukta Yoga—Pashupata-oriented practice where ethical discipline, knowledge, and meditation work together to cut pasha (bondage) by replacing avidyā with vidyā.