Shloka 46

अध्याय १०१: हैमवती-तपः, तारकवंश-उत्पातः, स्कन्द-प्रत्याशा, मदनदहनम्

Devanagari script

जगाम मदनं लब्ध्वा वसंतेन समन्विता

Transliteration

jagāma madanaṃ labdhvā vasaṃtena samanvitā

Translation

वसन्तेन समन्विता मदनं लब्ध्वा सा जगाम।

Word by Word

• जगाम: went forth

• मदनम्: Madana/Kāma (the deity of desire)

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained/attained

• वसन्तेन: with spring/through the spring-season

• समन्विता: endowed with/united with

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Madana (Kama)
• Vasanta (Spring)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames desire (kāma) as a cosmic force that arises with spring; in Linga-pūjā, the devotee offers this impulse back to Pati (Śiva) so that pashu-nature is purified rather than driven by bondage.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By implication, Śiva-tattva stands as the transcendent Lord (Pati) before whom even Madana’s stirring power becomes secondary—desire is shown as a movement in prakṛti/Śakti, not the final reality.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline: observe the rise of desire (kāma) and redirect it through mantra, worship, and restraint so it becomes devotion rather than pāśa (bondage).