Shloka 93
पिप्पलादावतारकथनम्
Account of the Pippalāda Avatāra
नन्दीश्वर उवाच । इत्येवं सा बभाषेऽथ सुवर्चा तनयम्प्रति । पतिमन्वगमत्साध्वी परमेण समाधिना
nandīśvara uvāca | ityevaṃ sā babhāṣe'tha suvarcā tanayamprati | patimanvagamatsādhvī parameṇa samādhinā
Nandīśvara nói: Nói như thế với con trai mình xong, người phụ nữ hiền đức Suvarcā—an trú trong samādhi tối thượng—đã theo chồng, đi vào trạng thái hợp nhất vượt ngoài mọi ràng buộc thế gian.
Nandishvara (Nandi)
Tattva Level: pashu
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights that true transcendence is achieved through parama-samādhi—inner absorption that dissolves worldly clinging—so that even life’s greatest bonds are surrendered in pursuit of liberation under Shiva’s grace.
While the verse does not mention the Liṅga explicitly, it reflects the fruit of Saguna Shiva-bhakti and Shaiva discipline: devotion ripens into samādhi, where the devotee’s mind becomes one-pointed in Shiva, the Pati, leading toward moksha.
The implied practice is sustained meditation culminating in samādhi—supported, in Shaiva tradition, by japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and steady observances such as vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as aids to focus and purity.