Shloka 37
तपः–मन्त्रजप–ध्यानविधिः
Protocol of Tapas, Mantra-Japa, and Śiva-Dhyāna
विषं चैवामृतं कुर्यादमृतं विषमेव वा । यदिच्छति करोत्येव समर्थः किन्निषिध्यते
viṣaṃ caivāmṛtaṃ kuryādamṛtaṃ viṣameva vā | yadicchati karotyeva samarthaḥ kinniṣidhyate
അവൻ വിഷത്തെ അമൃതമാക്കുകയും അമൃതത്തെ വിഷമാക്കുകയും ചെയ്യാൻ കഴിവുള്ളവൻ. അവൻ ഇച്ഛിക്കുന്നതുതന്നെ ചെയ്യുന്നു; അവൻ സർവ്വശക്തൻ—അവനെ ആരാണ് നിരോധിക്കുക?
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Ishana
Sthala Purana: Not a jyotirliṅga legend; it asserts īśvaratva (sovereignty): Śiva’s will is unimpeded—He can invert ordinary causal expectations (poison/nectar).
Significance: Cultivates unwavering faith in Śiva’s omnipotence: the devotee trusts that adverse conditions can be transmuted by divine will, and that no worldly power can obstruct His dispensation.
FAQs
The verse proclaims Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose will is unfailing. In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, it points to His sovereignty over pasha (bondage) and the power to transform the devotee’s poison-like impurities into the nectar of grace and liberation.
Linga worship trains the mind to recognize Shiva as the one Reality who pervades and governs all opposites—poison and nectar, bondage and freedom. Through Saguna worship (form, mantra, ritual), the devotee approaches the Nirguna truth of His limitless power and lordship.
Meditate on Shiva’s śakti (power) through japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—while offering water and bilva to the Linga, and contemplate that divine grace can transmute inner negativity (viṣa) into purity (amṛta).