Shloka 133
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
सहस्रमयुतं लक्षं कोटिं वा कारयेद् बुधः । नमस्कारात्मयज्ञेन तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः
sahasramayutaṃ lakṣaṃ koṭiṃ vā kārayed budhaḥ | namaskārātmayajñena tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ
ہزار، دس ہزار، لاکھ یا کروڑ—جتنا بھی کوئی دانا بھکت پوجا کرے، نمسکار کی روح والے یَجْن سے سب دیوتا خوش ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: The text elevates namaskāra itself as a yajña (namaskārātma-yajña): even without costly materials, repeated reverent surrender pleases the devatās—ultimately harmonizing the devotee’s life around Viśveśvara’s worship in Kāśī.
Significance: Affirms a universal, low-barrier practice for pilgrims and householders: prostration as an inner sacrifice that gathers the fruits of many rites and wins divine favor.
FAQs
It teaches that sincere surrender—expressed as namaskāra offered as a yajña—has spiritual potency beyond mere numerical ritualism, aligning the devotee with devotion (bhakti) that pleases the divine order.
In Linga/Saguna Shiva worship, outward rites are sanctified by inner humility; repeated prostration before Shiva’s symbol becomes an offering of ego, and such bhakti naturally harmonizes and pleases all devatās.
Perform repeated namaskāras as a disciplined offering (namaskāra-yajña), ideally alongside simple Shiva upāsanā such as mental japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” keeping the focus on reverence and surrender.