Shloka 23
उपमन्यूपदेशः
Upamanyu’s Instruction
चित्राङ्गदो नृपसुतस्सीमन्तिन्याः पतिर्हरे । शिवानुग्रहतो मग्नो यमुनायां मृतो न हि
citrāṅgado nṛpasutassīmantinyāḥ patirhare | śivānugrahato magno yamunāyāṃ mṛto na hi
Ôi Hari! Citrāṅgada—hoàng tử và là phu quân của Sīmantinī—dẫu bị chìm trong sông Yamunā nhờ ân sủng của Śiva, vẫn không hề chết thật sự.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahadeva
Sthala Purana: The verse situates Śiva’s grace as life-preserving even amid river-submersion; while not naming a jyotirliṅga, it echoes tīrtha-māhātmya patterns where sacred waters become instruments of divine protection rather than death.
Significance: Affirms Śiva’s anugraha as mṛtyu-jaya (victory over death) and rakṣā (protection), encouraging faith in Śiva as the ultimate refuge beyond physical peril.
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse highlights Śiva’s anugraha (saving grace): even when outer circumstances resemble death, the devotee is preserved and uplifted by the Lord’s protective power, pointing to Śiva as Pati who transcends ordinary fate.
It supports Saguna Śiva-bhakti by portraying Śiva as personally intervening through grace; Linga-worship is traditionally upheld as a direct means to receive such anugraha that removes fear and protects the devotee.
Cultivate remembrance of Śiva’s grace through japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with bhakti; this verse’s takeaway is reliance on anugraha rather than fear of mortality.