Shloka 41
नरकलोकवर्णनम् (Narakaloka-varṇanam) — Description of the Hell-Realms
संमोहमस्थिभंगश्च तप्तश्चलमयो गुडम् । बहुदुखं महाक्लेशः कश्मलं समलं मलात्
saṃmohamasthibhaṃgaśca taptaścalamayo guḍam | bahudukhaṃ mahākleśaḥ kaśmalaṃ samalaṃ malāt
یہ دل میں فریب و موہ پیدا کرتا ہے اور ہڈیوں تک کو توڑ دیتا ہے؛ یہ جلانے والا اور بےقرار ہے—جیسے گرمی میں پگھلتا ہوا گُڑ۔ یہ بہت سے غم اور بڑا کَلیش دیتا ہے؛ یہ گناہ آلود، داغ دار اور میل سے پیدا ہونے والی ناپاکی ہے۔
Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma-saṃhitā discourse to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
The verse diagnoses worldly attachment as inherently unstable and impure, producing delusion and suffering; in Shaiva Siddhanta this recognition supports vairāgya and turns the seeker toward Pati (Shiva) as the only liberator from mala and bondage.
By exposing the unreliability of sense-pleasures, it indirectly guides the mind to a steady refuge—Saguna Shiva worship through the Liṅga—so devotion and purity can replace instability and stain, preparing the aspirant for Shiva’s grace.
Cultivate detachment alongside Shiva-upāsanā: japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and purity disciplines such as Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) with inward remembrance, to counter mala and mental delusion.