Shloka 67
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
यजेद् देवं विरूपाक्षं न स पापेन लिप्यते । “बारंबार तालाबके तटभूमिको खोद-खोदकर उन्हें चौपट कर देनेवाला और इस सारे जगत्को जलती आगमें झोंक देनेवाला पुरुष भी यदि महादेवजीकी आराधना करता है तो वह पापसे लिप्त नहीं होता है ।।
yajed devaṃ virūpākṣaṃ na sa pāpena lipyate | sarvalakṣaṇahīno 'pi yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ ||
Vāyu nói: “Nếu một người thờ phụng thần Virūpākṣa (Mahādeva/Śiva) thì không bị tội lỗi vấy bẩn. Dẫu kẻ ấy thiếu mọi tướng lành, hay mang trên mình đủ mọi trọng tội, vẫn không bị nhuốm bẩn khi một lòng phụng thờ Mahādeva.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the purifying power of devotion to Śiva (Virūpākṣa): sincere worship prevents a person from being ‘stained’ by sin, emphasizing divine grace and the transformative capacity of bhakti even for those burdened with grave faults.
Vāyudeva is speaking and extolling Mahādeva’s worship, asserting that even a person marked by severe wrongdoing or lacking auspicious qualities is not spiritually tainted when devoted to Virūpākṣa.