Shloka 41
Nāgeśa-jyotirliṅga-prādurbhāvaḥ — The Manifestation of the Nāgeśa Jyotirliṅga
बद्धास्ते निगडैर्लोका संस्थिता बंधनालये । अतीव दुःखमाजग्मुर्भर्त्सितास्ते मुहुर्मुहुः
baddhāste nigaḍairlokā saṃsthitā baṃdhanālaye | atīva duḥkhamājagmurbhartsitāste muhurmuhuḥ
ते लोका निगडैः बद्धाः बन्धनालये संस्थिताः; मुहुर्मुहुः भर्त्सिताः सन्तोऽतीव दुःखं प्रापुः।
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga section; the verse dwells on the lived experience of bondage—fetters, confinement, humiliation—preparing the theological need for anugraha (grace) that releases paśu from pāśa.
Significance: Contemplative takeaway: recognizing duḥkha and repeated ‘bhartsana’ as symptoms of saṃsāra can mature vairāgya and drive śaraṇāgati to Śiva.
FAQs
It depicts the condition of the bound soul (paśu) caught in bondage (pāśa)—suffering, confinement, and humiliation—implying the need for Pati (Lord Shiva) as the liberator who cuts the fetters of karma and ignorance.
The verse highlights lived bondage and pain; in the Kotirudra context, approaching Shiva through Linga worship and Jyotirlinga pilgrimage is presented as a compassionate, accessible Saguna path through which Shiva grants protection, purification, and release from binding karmas.
A practical takeaway is steady japa of the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with devotion, along with Shaiva purificatory observances (Tripuṇḍra bhasma and Rudrākṣa) to cultivate detachment and seek Shiva’s grace to loosen the fetters of bondage.