Shloka 5
कामप्रभावः (कामा॑स्य प्रभाववर्णनम्) — The Power of Kāma and the (Ineffective) Attempt to Delude Śiva
समधोर्मदनस्यासन्प्रयासा निप्फला मुने । जगाम स मम स्थानं निवृत्त्य विमदस्तदा
samadhormadanasyāsanprayāsā nipphalā mune | jagāma sa mama sthānaṃ nivṛttya vimadastadā
Wahai muni, segala usaha Madana (Kāma) yang menentangku menjadi sia-sia. Lalu dia berundur dan pergi ke kediamannya sendiri, dengan kesombongannya telah ditundukkan.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse frames Kāma’s failure before Śiva’s yogic transcendence, a common purāṇic motif establishing Śiva’s unsurpassable lordship (aiśvarya) over kāma and māyā.
Significance: Didactic: reinforces vairāgya and the superiority of yoga-bhakti to sense-impulse; inspires restraint and surrender to Śiva.
FAQs
It highlights Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose yogic sovereignty makes desire powerless; when ego and passion fail, humility and withdrawal become the natural turning toward higher truth.
As Saguna Shiva, the Lord is portrayed as the master of senses and mind; Linga-worship trains the devotee to internalize that mastery, letting desire and pride become ‘niṣphala’ (ineffective) before Shiva-consciousness.
A practical takeaway is sense-restraint with japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and meditation on Shiva’s steadiness, cultivating vimada (humility) and nivṛtti (withdrawal from compulsive desire).