Shloka 40
रुद्राक्ष-माहात्म्य
Rudrākṣa Māhātmya — The Greatness of Rudraksha
शिरसीशानमंत्रेण कर्णे तत्पुरुषेण च । अघोरेण गले धार्यं तेनैव हृदयेपि च
śirasīśānamaṃtreṇa karṇe tatpuruṣeṇa ca | aghoreṇa gale dhāryaṃ tenaiva hṛdayepi ca
शिरसि ईशानमन्त्रेण स्पृशेत् शुद्धये; कर्णयोस्तत्पुरुषमन्त्रेण च। अघोरमन्त्रेण गले धारयेत्, तेनैव अघोरेण हृदयेऽपि न्यसेत्॥
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: (Implied pañcabrahma-mantras:) Īśāna, Tatpuruṣa, Aghora (explicitly named here; others in adjacent verses).
Type: panchakshara
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches mantra-nyāsa: consecrating the body as Śiva’s abode by placing specific Śaiva mantras on key centers (head, ears, throat, heart), aligning outer ritual with inner purification in a Śaiva Siddhānta spirit.
Nyāsa prepares the devotee to worship Saguna Śiva (as Liṅga and as the five-faced Lord) by making the worshipper’s body-mind a fit vessel, so the Liṅga-pūjā becomes inward as well as outward.
Practice Panchabrahma-mantra nyāsa (touching/placing mantra-awareness on head, ears, throat, and heart), commonly done before Liṅga-pūjā, japa, or meditation—often alongside bhasma/tripuṇḍra and Rudrākṣa observances.