Shloka 7

Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages

Devanagari script

महादेवपरा नित्यं चरन्तो ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः अर्चयन्ति महादेवं वाङ्मनःकायसंयताः

Transliteration

mahādevaparā nityaṃ caranto hyūrdhvaretasaḥ arcayanti mahādevaṃ vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃyatāḥ

Translation

जे नित्य महादेवपरायण राहून ऊर्ध्वरेतस् होऊन नियमाने वागतात, ते वाणी, मन व देह संयमित करून महादेवाची आराधना करतात।

Word by Word

• महादेवपरा: devoted to Mahādeva

• नित्यम्: always

• चरन्तः: living/observing (a disciplined conduct)

• हि: indeed

• ऊर्ध्वरेतसः: those with upward-directed vital seed/energy (continence and sublimation)

• अर्चयन्ति: they worship

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva as Pati)

• वाङ्: speech

• मनः: mind

• काय: body

• संयताः: restrained, controlled

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching/tradition of Mahadeva-oriented ascetic worship)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Mahadeva)

FAQs

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

It frames true worship of Mahādeva as not merely external offering, but as disciplined Linga-oriented devotion supported by restraint of vāk (speech), manas (mind), and kāya (body).

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

Śiva is presented as Mahādeva, the supreme Pati (Lord) who is approached through steady devotion and inner purification—showing that Shiva-tattva is realized through controlled conduct and focused worship.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

It highlights ūrdhva-retas discipline (brahmacarya with sublimation of vital energy) and tri-karaṇa-saṁyama—control of speech, mind, and body—central to ascetic Shaiva/Pāśupata-style worship.