Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 34
कैलासगमनं कुबेरसख्यं च — Śiva’s Journey to Kailāsa and His Friendship with Kubera
प्रतिक्षणं जनन्येति शिक्ष्यमाणोतिदुर्मतिः । न तत्याज च तद्धर्मं दुर्बोधो व्यसनी यतः
pratikṣaṇaṃ jananyeti śikṣyamāṇotidurmatiḥ | na tatyāja ca taddharmaṃ durbodho vyasanī yataḥ
ప్రతిక్షణము మళ్లీ మళ్లీ బోధింపబడినను అతడు అత్యంత దుర్మతిగానే నిలిచెను. దుర్బోధ్యుడై వ్యసనాసక్తుడగుటచేత ఆ ధర్మాచారమును విడువలేదు.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Significance: Didactic frame: illustrates the bound soul (paśu) trapped in pāśa (habitual vice) and the need for Śiva’s anugraha to reverse tirodhāna.
FAQs
It highlights that mere external instruction is insufficient without inner receptivity; an unrefined, vice-bound mind resists dharma, delaying purification and the soul’s progress toward Shiva-realization.
Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana is not only ritual but moral and mental transformation; clinging to vice blocks devotion (bhakti) and the grace that arises through disciplined, dharmic living centered on Saguna Shiva.
The takeaway is steady self-discipline: adopt daily Shiva-oriented practice such as japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with vows to abandon harmful habits, supported by sattvic conduct and repentance.