Shloka 22

यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्

Ascetic Atonements and Discipline

Devanagari script

प्राजापत्येन कृच्छ्रेण ततः पापात्प्रमुच्यते व्यतिक्रमाश् च ये केचिद् वाङ्मनःकायसंभवाः

Transliteration

prājāpatyena kṛcchreṇa tataḥ pāpātpramucyate vyatikramāś ca ye kecid vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃbhavāḥ

Translation

प्राजापत्य कृच्छ्र-व्रत आचरल्याने मनुष्य पापातून मुक्त होतो. वाणी, मन व देह यांपासून उत्पन्न झालेले जे काही अपराध असतील, त्यांतूनही तो सुटतो.

Word by Word

• प्राजापत्येन (prājāpatyena): by the Prājāpatya (rite/observance)

• कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa): by the Kṛcchra austerity/expiation

• ततः (tataḥ): then/thereupon

• पापात् (pāpāt): from sin

• प्रमुच्यते (pramucyate): is freed/released

• व्यतिक्रमाः (vyatikramāḥ): violations/transgressions

• च (ca): and

• ये केचित् (ye kecit): whatever/any that

• वाक् (vāk): speech

• मनः (manaḥ): mind

• काय (kāya): body

• संभवाः (saṃbhavāḥ): arising/originating

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Prajapati

FAQs

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

It frames purification (prāyaścitta) as a prerequisite for Śiva-upāsanā: cleansing faults of speech, mind, and body so the Pashu becomes fit for Pati-bhakti and Linga-pūjā.

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

Implicitly, Śiva as Pati is the liberating principle: when the Pashu removes pāśas (karmic impurities) through disciplined expiation, the soul becomes capable of receiving Śiva’s grace that culminates in release from sin.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The Prājāpatya Kṛcchra—an expiatory vrata/austerity—paired with ethical restraint over vāk (speech), manaḥ (mind), and kāya (body), aligning with the purificatory foundation of Pāśupata-oriented discipline.