Shloka 10
ओंकार-परमेश-लिङ्गकथा — The Narrative of the Oṃkāra Parameśa Liṅga
Gokarṇa–Vindhya Episode
सूत उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा नारदस्तस्माज्जगाम च यथागतम् । विन्ध्यश्च परितप्तो वै धिग्वै मे जीवितादिकम्
sūta uvāca | ityuktvā nāradastasmājjagāma ca yathāgatam | vindhyaśca paritapto vai dhigvai me jīvitādikam
Sūta berkata: Setelah berkata demikian, Nārada pun berangkat dari tempat itu dan pergi sebagaimana ia datang. Dan Vindhya, hangus oleh penyesalan, berseru: “Celakalah hidupku dan segala yang berkaitan dengannya!”
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: After Nārada’s admonition, Vindhya (as a personified mountain) is seized by remorse; this inner turning becomes the precondition for later refuge in Śiva and the unfolding of the Oṃkāra-liṅga narrative.
Significance: Models the first step of Śaiva Siddhānta soteriology: recognition of bondage (pāśa) and contrition, which ripens into śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and eligibility for grace (anugraha).
FAQs
It highlights the inner turning-point where pride collapses into remorse; such contrition prepares the pashu (bound soul) to seek the grace of Pati (Śiva) and move from self-will toward surrender.
Vindhya’s repentance sets the narrative ground for approaching Śiva in a tangible, worshipful way—often through Saguna devotion such as Linga-pūjā—because humility is the doorway to receiving Śiva’s anugraha (grace).
A practical takeaway is repentance followed by Śiva-smaraṇa and japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), accompanied by simple Linga worship or offering bhasma as a sign of ego-reduction.