Shloka 10

यतिप्रायश्चित्तविधानम्

Ascetic Atonements and Discipline

Devanagari script

तथापि न च कर्तव्यं प्रसंगो ह्येष दारुणः अहोरात्रोपवासश् च प्राणायामशतं तथा

Transliteration

tathāpi na ca kartavyaṃ prasaṃgo hyeṣa dāruṇaḥ ahorātropavāsaś ca prāṇāyāmaśataṃ tathā

Translation

तथापि न च कर्तव्यः प्रसङ्गो ह्येष दारुणः। अहोरात्रोपवासश्च प्राणायामशतं तथा॥

Word by Word

• tathāpi: even so

• na: not

• ca: and

• kartavyam: to be done/undertaken

• prasaṅgaḥ: attachment/entanglement/involvement

• hi: indeed

• eṣaḥ: this

• dāruṇaḥ: terrible/harsh

• ahorātra: day and night

• upavāsaḥ: fasting

• ca: and

• prāṇāyāma: breath-discipline/breath-restraint

• śatam: a hundred

• tathā: likewise/also

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching as part of a prescriptive Shaiva discipline in the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga)

FAQs

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

It redirects the devotee away from a “dāruṇa” entanglement (prasaṅga) and toward inner purification—fasting and prāṇāyāma—so the mind becomes fit for Śiva-bhakti and Liṅga-pūjā, aligning the Pashu (soul) toward Pati (Śiva).

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

By implying that liberation comes through restraint and purification rather than harmful entanglement, it reflects Śiva-tattva as the transcendent Pati who frees the bound Pashu from Pāśa through disciplined sādhana and inner steadiness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Ahorātra-upavāsa (a full day-and-night fast) and prāṇāyāma-śata (one hundred breath-discipline cycles) are prescribed as a Shaiva tapas/niyama consistent with Pāśupata-oriented self-purification.