Shloka 41

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

शुश्रूषां कारयेद्यस्तु स पशुत्वाद्विमुच्यते तस्मात्परमिदं दिव्यं चरिष्यथ सुरोत्तमाः

Transliteration

śuśrūṣāṃ kārayedyastu sa paśutvādvimucyate tasmātparamidaṃ divyaṃ cariṣyatha surottamāḥ

Translation

यः शुश्रूषां कारयेद्यस्तु स पशुत्वाद्विमुच्यते। तस्मात् परं इदं दिव्यं चरिष्यथ सुरोत्तमाः॥

Word by Word

• śuśrūṣām: devoted service/obedient attendance

• kārayet: should cause to be done/should enjoin

• yaḥ tu: whoever indeed

• saḥ: he

• paśutvāt: from paśutva (the condition of the bound pashu)

• vimucyate: is liberated/released

• tasmāt: therefore

• param: supreme

• idam: this

• divyam: divine

• cariṣyatha: you should practice/undertake

• sura-uttamāḥ: O best among the devas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching addressed to the Devas)

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that śuśrūṣā—humble service and disciplined attendance in Śiva’s path—functions as a liberating practice, weakening pāśa (bondage) and moving the pashu (soul) toward Pati (Śiva).

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

By implying liberation from paśutva through divine discipline, it presents Śiva-tattva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose grace and prescribed caryā (right conduct) free the bound soul from limitation and impurity.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Śuśrūṣā (devoted service/attentive discipline) as a core limb of Shaiva caryā aligned with Pāśupata training—practicing divine conduct that purifies and prepares for higher realization.