Shloka 17
पूर्वगतिवर्णनम् (Pūrvagati-varṇana) — “Description of the Prior Course / Earlier Lineage Account”
भूत्वा तद्वशगास्ता वै न चक्रुरपि तन्नतिम् । विस्मितास्सम्प्रदृश्यैव संस्थितास्तत्र केवलम्
bhūtvā tadvaśagāstā vai na cakrurapi tannatim | vismitāssampradṛśyaiva saṃsthitāstatra kevalam
เมื่ออยู่ใต้อำนาจอันมิอาจต้านของพระนางแล้ว พวกเขาแม้แต่จะก้มกราบถวายคำนับก็ทำมิได้ ครั้นเห็นสิ่งนั้นก็พิศวงยิ่ง จึงยืนนิ่งอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นเท่านั้น
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It shows how divine presence can overwhelm ordinary faculties—when Shakti’s power moves the mind, even the act of bowing may be suspended, leaving the seeker in pure, stunned awareness before the Divine.
Saguna worship centers on darśana and reverence; here, the encounter with the Divine form is so intense that ritual gestures pause, implying that inner surrender and direct awareness can precede outward acts like namaskāra to Shiva (including the Liṅga).
A practical takeaway is dhyāna on Shiva with steady attention: pause speech and movement, hold a reverent inner namaskāra, and mentally repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to stabilize awe into devotion.