Shloka 59
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
तिलादीनां च द्र व्याणां वस्त्रादीनां तथैव च । तथा पर्युषितानां च भस्मना शिद्धिरिष्यते
tilādīnāṃ ca dra vyāṇāṃ vastrādīnāṃ tathaiva ca | tathā paryuṣitānāṃ ca bhasmanā śiddhiriṣyate
എള്ള് മുതലായ ദ്രവ്യങ്ങളും വസ്ത്രം മുതലായ വസ്തുക്കളും, രാത്രിയിലൊരുനാൾ കിടന്ന (പര്യുഷിത) പദാർത്ഥങ്ങളും ഭസ്മംകൊണ്ടു ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കണമെന്നു വിധിയുണ്ട്।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: The Kāśī-centered teaching treats bhasma as a purifier that restores ritual eligibility even for offerings prone to contamination (oils/seeds, cloth, stale items).
Significance: Enables uninterrupted continuity of liṅga-sevā by restoring śuddhi of upacāra-dravyas; symbolically trains vairāgya by remembering all things end as ash.
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It elevates bhasma as a distinctly Śaiva purifier—symbolizing the burning away of impurity and ego—so that offerings and worship become fit for Pati (Śiva) and supportive of inner purity leading toward liberation.
In Saguna Śiva worship—especially Liṅga-pūjā—purity of materials is required; this verse authorizes bhasma as a valid means to render common offerings and articles ritually fit for Śiva’s worship.
Use consecrated bhasma (Tripuṇḍra/holy ash) as a purifier for offerings and worship articles, while contemplating Śiva as the fire of consciousness that reduces all impurity to ash.