Shloka 61
Kṛṣṇādi-Śivabhaktoddhāraṇa & Śiva-māhātmya-varṇana
Deliverance of Krishna and other devotees; Description of Shiva’s Greatness
पुरन्दरेण शप्तस्तु तपस्वी यश्च सुस्थिरम् । अधर्म्यं धर्ममल मल्लिंगमारध्य कामदम्
purandareṇa śaptastu tapasvī yaśca susthiram | adharmyaṃ dharmamala malliṃgamāradhya kāmadam
Ang matatag na ermitanyo—bagaman isinumpa ni Purandara (Indra)—ay sumamba pa rin sa Lingang nagbibigay ng ninanais. Sa pagsambang iyon, ang adharma ay nalinis tungo sa dharma, at ang dungis ng kasalanan ay naalis.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, Uma-saṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: A curse by Indra (Purandara) becomes the narrative pressure; the ascetic’s liṅga-ārādhana transforms adharma into dharma by removing mala—an archetypal Purāṇic pattern of kṣetra/liṅga-mahātmyas without naming a Jyotirliṅga here.
Significance: Promises moral-ritual purification: liṅga-worship is portrayed as kāmada (fruit-giving) and as a remover of dharma-mala (ethical/spiritual taint), aligning with the Siddhānta emphasis on Śiva’s grace cleansing pāśa.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse teaches that even the weight of a curse and prior adharma can be transformed when one turns to Śiva through sincere Linga-worship; devotion to Pati purifies karma and removes dharma-mala (spiritual impurity).
It presents the Linga as the accessible Saguna focus through which the devotee approaches the transcendental Śiva; by ārādhana of the Linga, inner impurities are cleansed and one is restored to dharmic alignment.
Perform Linga ārādhana with mantra-japa (especially the Pañcākṣarī, Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering water and bilva leaves with repentance and steadiness; the emphasis is on firm tapas and bhakti that purify wrongdoing.