Shloka 23
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
तत्सायुज्यमिति प्राहुर्वेदागमपरायणाः । एवं क्रमेण मुक्तिः स्याल्लिंगादौ पूजया स्वतः
tatsāyujyamiti prāhurvedāgamaparāyaṇāḥ | evaṃ krameṇa muktiḥ syālliṃgādau pūjayā svataḥ
Mereka yang berpegang teguh pada Veda dan Āgama menyatakan keadaan itu sebagai sāyujya—penyatuan dengan Śiva. Demikianlah, menurut tertibnya, pembebasan muncul dengan sendirinya melalui pemujaan kepada Liṅga dan yang seumpamanya.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Frames liṅga-pūjā as a graded (krameṇa) path culminating in sāyujya; supports the pan-Indian liṅga-kṣetra ethos where worship leads to liberation.
Type: stotra
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It affirms that sāyujya—intimate union with Lord Śiva—is the culmination taught by Vedic–Āgamic authorities, and that liberation unfolds progressively through disciplined Śaiva worship rather than as a random event.
The verse explicitly states that worship ‘beginning with the Liṅga’ is an effective means: through saguna upāsanā (devotional, form-based worship) the devotee is led step-by-step toward the highest realization of Śiva.
Regular Liṅga-pūjā in accordance with Śaiva Āgamas—supported by mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—is implied as the steady practice through which liberation matures in due order.