Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 14
Ghuśmā–Sudehā: Jealousy, Household Honor, and the Ethics of Śaiva Merit (गुश्मा–सुदेहा प्रसङ्गः)
सूत उवाच । कदर्य्याणां विचारश्च कृत्याकृत्ये भवेन्नहि । कठोरः प्रायशो विप्राः सापत्नो भाव आत्महा
sūta uvāca | kadaryyāṇāṃ vicāraśca kṛtyākṛtye bhavennahi | kaṭhoraḥ prāyaśo viprāḥ sāpatno bhāva ātmahā
Sūta nói: “Ở những kẻ keo kiệt, thực sự không có sự phân biệt giữa những gì nên làm và những gì không nên làm. Những người như vậy thường có lòng dạ sắt đá, hỡi các vị Bà-la-môn — luôn đố kỵ và là kẻ hủy hoại bản tính cao quý của chính mình.”
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Jyotirlinga: Ghṛṣṇeśvara
Sthala Purana: The narrator moralizes the episode: miserliness/jealous rivalry destroys discernment (viveka), functioning as pāśa that veils dharma; the Ghṛṣṇeśvara narrative then shows Śiva’s grace overturning the consequences.
Significance: Pilgrimage is framed as ethical purification: abandoning kadarya (meanness) and sāpatnya (jealous rivalry) to become fit for Śiva’s anugraha.
FAQs
It warns that miserliness (kādaraya) destroys viveka—discernment of dharma—making the heart hard and jealousy-ridden, which blocks devotion and inner purification needed for Shiva’s grace.
Linga-worship is not merely external; it requires a softened, generous heart. Greed and rivalry negate the spirit of offering (naivedya, dāna, seva), so the verse underscores inner eligibility for fruitful Saguna Shiva worship.
Practice dāna (charity) and daily offerings to Shiva with the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating compassion; this counters hardness of heart and supports steady bhakti and purification.