Shloka 83
दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas
एवं व्रतं कृतं येन तस्माद्दूरो हरो न हि । न शक्यते फलं वक्तुं नादेयं विद्यते मम
evaṃ vrataṃ kṛtaṃ yena tasmāddūro haro na hi | na śakyate phalaṃ vaktuṃ nādeyaṃ vidyate mama
Sesiapa yang melaksanakan vrata ini dengan cara demikian—Hara (Śiva) tidak pernah jauh daripadanya. Buahnya tidak dapat diungkapkan sepenuhnya; bagi-Ku, tiada sesuatu pun yang tidak dapat dianugerahkan kepada bhakta itu.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Significance: Promises Śiva-sānnidhya (nearness) as the experiential fruit of vrata; frames Śiva as sarva-prada (giver of all boons), culminating in mokṣa as the highest grant.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that sincere vrata performed with devotion draws the Lord near; Shiva’s grace becomes immediate, and the spiritual merit is beyond ordinary description—pointing toward liberation through divine favor (anugraha).
Vrata in the Kotirudra context supports Saguna upāsanā—approaching Shiva as Hara who is personally accessible. Through disciplined observance and worship (often centered on the Liṅga/Jyotirliṅga), the devotee experiences Shiva’s presence as “not far.”
The takeaway is steadfast vrata—regular worship with purity, restraint, and remembrance of Shiva (japa of a Shiva-mantra such as the Pañcākṣarī) as the core discipline that invites Shiva’s immediate grace.