Shloka 121
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
दशदानं ततः कुर्याद्भूरिदानं ततः परम् । बालानामुपनीतानां गृहिणां वनिनां धनम्
daśadānaṃ tataḥ kuryādbhūridānaṃ tataḥ param | bālānāmupanītānāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ vanināṃ dhanam
Kế đó, hãy thực hành ‘mười loại bố thí’; và hơn nữa, hãy làm việc bố thí dồi dào. Sự cho tặng ấy nên hướng đến những thiếu niên đã thọ lễ upānayana, các gia chủ và những người sống nơi rừng—ban cho họ phương tiện nương sống.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: In the Kāśī-Śiva frame, post-ritual dāna is a channel for Śiva’s anugraha to circulate socially: daśa-dāna and bhūri-dāna support students, householders, and forest-dwellers, stabilizing dharma in the kṣetra.
Significance: Charity after worship is taught as a merit-multiplier and as softening of pāśa (bondage) through generosity and detachment; it supports the devotee’s purification and receptivity to grace.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
The verse teaches that wealth becomes spiritually fruitful when offered as dharmic charity; by giving to worthy recipients, the devotee loosens karmic bonds (pāśa) and turns worldly resources into Shiva-oriented merit that supports bhakti and purification.
In Linga-centered worship, external offerings are completed by ethical offerings—especially dāna. Supporting students, householders, and forest-ascetics sustains the Shaiva dharmic order and becomes an extension of service to Saguna Shiva manifest as the community of devotees and practitioners.
A practical takeaway is to pair Shiva-puja (Linga worship, Panchakshara japa) with intentional charity—especially supporting initiated students and renunciants—so that devotion is strengthened by dharma and inner detachment.