Shloka 39
नरकलोकमार्गयमदूतस्वरूपवर्णनम् / Description of the Path to Naraka and the Nature of Yama’s Messengers
मुद्गरैर्लोहदण्डैश्च हन्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः । कंटकैर्विविधैर्घोरैर्ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभैः
mudgarairlohadaṇḍaiśca hanyamānā muhurmuhuḥ | kaṃṭakairvividhairghorairjvalanārkasamaprabhaiḥ
Repetidas vezes são espancados com maças e varas de ferro, e atormentados por muitos tipos de espinhos terríveis, ardendo com um brilho como o do sol em chamas—assim é o poder de atadura do pāśa quando a alma se afasta de Śiva, o Libertador, o Senhor (Pati).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Shakti Form: Kālī
Role: destructive
FAQs
The verse portrays the harsh fruits of bondage (pāśa): when the pashu (individual soul) is driven by ignorance and karma, it undergoes repeated torment; liberation comes by returning to Pati—Lord Shiva—through devotion, right conduct, and inner purification.
By contrasting suffering under bondage with the peace of refuge, it implicitly urges surrender to Saguna Shiva—worship of the Śiva-liṅga as the compassionate, accessible form of Pati who burns karmas and grants protection and release.
A practical takeaway is steady Shiva-upāsanā: japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), wearing rudrākṣa and applying tripuṇḍra-bhasma with remembrance of Shiva, as disciplines that reduce pāśa and orient the mind toward moksha.