Shloka 42
अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य
The Greatness of Avimukta–Vārāṇasī and Viśveśvara
कर्म च त्रिविधं प्रोक्तं कर्मकाण्डे महेश्वरि । संचितं क्रियमाणं च प्रारब्धं चेति बंधकृत्
karma ca trividhaṃ proktaṃ karmakāṇḍe maheśvari | saṃcitaṃ kriyamāṇaṃ ca prārabdhaṃ ceti baṃdhakṛt
اے مہیشوری! کرم کانڈ میں کرم تین طرح کا کہا گیا ہے—سنجِت، کریامان اور پراربدھ؛ یہی بندھن کا سبب بنتا ہے۔
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Shakti Form: Umā
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse defines karma as threefold—saṃcita, kriyamāṇa, and prārabdha—and identifies it as a cause of bondage (pāśa). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, the soul (paśu) remains bound while actions and their latent impressions continue to generate experience; liberation requires Shiva’s grace and a turning beyond mere ritualism into Shiva-oriented realization.
By highlighting that karmakāṇḍa actions themselves bind, the verse points the seeker toward worship that is not merely transactional. Linga worship of Saguna Shiva becomes a grace-oriented path—purifying intention, dissolving egoic doership, and redirecting action into devotion (bhakti) so karma no longer tightens bondage.
Use ritual as a purifier rather than an end: perform Shiva-pūjā with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma), Rudrākṣa, and japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering the sense of doership to Shiva—so present actions (kriyamāṇa) become inwardly liberating rather than binding.