Shloka 80
रुद्राक्ष-माहात्म्य
Rudrākṣa Māhātmya — The Greatness of Rudraksha
चतुर्दशमुखो यो हि रुद्रा क्षः परमः शिवः । धारयेन्मूर्ध्नि तं भक्त्या सर्वपापं प्रणश्यति
caturdaśamukho yo hi rudrā kṣaḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ | dhārayenmūrdhni taṃ bhaktyā sarvapāpaṃ praṇaśyati
جو چودہ رُخ والا رُدرाक्ष ہے وہی ساکشات پرم شِو ہے۔ جو اسے بھکتی سے سر پر دھارن کرے، اس کے سب پاپ نَشٹ ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Sūta Gosvāmi
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It identifies the fourteen-faced Rudrākṣa as non-different from Parama Śiva, teaching that devotional contact with Śiva’s sacred emblem purifies accumulated pāpa and supports the soul’s movement toward liberation.
Like the Śiva-liṅga, the Rudrākṣa is treated as a saguna, worship-worthy form that makes the transcendent (nirguṇa) Śiva accessible; wearing it with bhakti is a continuous act of liṅga-oriented remembrance and reverence.
Dharana of a fourteen-mukhi Rudrākṣa on the head with devotion—ideally combined with daily Śiva-smaraṇa and pañcākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—as a purificatory Shaiva discipline.