Shloka 20
पूर्वगतिवर्णनम् (Pūrvagati-varṇana) — “Description of the Prior Course / Earlier Lineage Account”
सनत्कुमार उवाच । यूयं तिस्रो भगिन्यश्च मूढाः सद्वयुनोज्झिताः । अज्ञातश्रुतितत्त्वा हि पितृकन्या अपि ध्रुवम्
sanatkumāra uvāca | yūyaṃ tisro bhaginyaśca mūḍhāḥ sadvayunojjhitāḥ | ajñātaśrutitattvā hi pitṛkanyā api dhruvam
سنَتکُمار نے کہا—اے تینوں بہنو! تم فریبِ موہ میں مبتلا اور سچے امتیاز سے محروم ہو۔ تم نے ویدوں کی شروتی کا حقیقی تَتْو نہیں جانا؛ باپ کی بیٹیاں ہو کر بھی یہ بات یقینی ہے۔
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse stresses viveka (right discernment) grounded in Śruti: without knowing the Vedic purport, one remains mūḍha (deluded) and cannot properly orient devotion toward Pati (Śiva) as the liberating Lord.
Linga/Saguna worship is meant to be guided by Śruti and right understanding; Sanatkumāra’s rebuke implies that ritual or identity alone (being “daughters of a father”) is insufficient without grasping the scriptural truth that leads devotion toward Śiva correctly.
The implied practice is scripturally guided sādhana—study/hearing (śravaṇa) of Śruti and applying viveka—so that Shiva-upāsanā (including japa of the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) is done with correct understanding rather than confusion.