Shloka 36
सूर्यरथ-रचना, ध्रुव-प्रेरणा, मास-गणाः च
Jyotish-chakra: Surya’s Motion and Monthly Retinues
रक्षोहेतिः प्रहेतिश् च पौरुषेयो वधस् तथा सर्पो व्याघ्रः पुनश्चापो वातो विद्युद्दिवाकरः
rakṣohetiḥ prahetiś ca pauruṣeyo vadhas tathā sarpo vyāghraḥ punaścāpo vāto vidyuddivākaraḥ
Entre “as causas do dano” estão os ataques dos rakṣasas, as investidas súbitas, a violência feita pelos homens e a morte; bem como os perigos de serpentes e tigres; e ainda os das armas, dos ventos ferozes, do relâmpago e do sol abrasador. Em tais percalços, deve-se buscar Pati—Śiva—como refúgio supremo, aquele que corta os pāśas que prendem o paśu.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
By listing external and internal sources of danger, the verse frames Linga-worship as śaraṇāgati to Pati (Śiva), the protector who dissolves fear and cuts the pāśas that keep the paśu bound to suffering.
Śiva-tattva is implied as the transcendent refuge beyond all upadravas—demonic, human, and elemental—showing Pati’s lordship over both beings and the forces of nature.
The practical takeaway is protective śiva-upāsanā—Linga-dhyāna, japa, and Pāśupata-oriented surrender—used as a discipline to stabilize the mind in danger and overcome fear-born bondage.