Shloka 39

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

दोषं त्वं पश्य एतत्त्वम् अवस्थामीदृशीं गतः तेन संहारदक्षेण क्षणात्संक्षयमेष्यसि

Transliteration

doṣaṃ tvaṃ paśya etattvam avasthāmīdṛśīṃ gataḥ tena saṃhāradakṣeṇa kṣaṇātsaṃkṣayameṣyasi

Translation

నీ దోషాన్ని చూడు—నీవు ఇలాంటి స్థితికి పడిపోయావు; సంహారంలో నిపుణుడైన ఆ ప్రభువుచేత నీవు క్షణంలోనే నాశమగుదువు।

Word by Word

• दोषम् (doṣam): fault, defect

• त्वम् (tvam): you

• पश्य (paśya): see, behold

• एतत् (etat): this

• त्वम् (tvam): you

• अवस्थाम् (avasthām): condition, state

• ईदृशीम् (īdṛśīm): such as this

• गतः (gataḥ): having gone to, having fallen into

• तेन (tena): by him/thereby

• संहार-दक्षेण (saṃhāra-dakṣeṇa): by one adept in dissolution/destruction

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt): in a moment

• संक्षयम् (saṃkṣayam): destruction, total ruin

• एष्यसि (eṣyasi): you will go/attain (come to).

Speaker

Suta (narrating a warning spoken within the episode; speaker in-scene is a rebuking deity/authority figure)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as the sovereign of saṃhāra; Linga-worship is presented as a corrective path that purifies doṣa and loosens pāśa (bondage) so the paśu (soul) does not fall into sudden ruin.

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

Shiva-tattva appears as the decisive power of dissolution—swift, exact, and karmically precise—by which the Lord (Pati) ends corrupted states and compels the soul to face the results of its defect.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Implicitly, it points to prāyaścitta and Pāśupata discipline: self-scrutiny (doṣa-darśana), restraint, and Shiva-upāsanā (often via the Linga) to remove pāśa and avert destructive consequences.