Shloka 162
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
य इमं पठतेऽध्यायं यः शृणोति नरः सदा । शिवज्ञानं स लभतेशिवस्य कृपया बुधाः
ya imaṃ paṭhate'dhyāyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ sadā | śivajñānaṃ sa labhateśivasya kṛpayā budhāḥ
Hỡi các bậc hiền trí, người nào thường xuyên tụng đọc chương này, hoặc luôn lắng nghe, người ấy sẽ đạt được tri kiến chân thật về Śiva—nhờ ân điển của chính Śiva.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific (sthāla) passage; it states the phalaśruti that Śiva’s grace grants Śiva-jñāna through recitation/hearing.
Significance: Śravaṇa–pāṭha of Śiva-kathā is itself treated as a tīrtha-like practice leading to Śiva-jñāna (liberating insight) by anugraha.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-realization (śiva-jñāna) is ultimately granted through Śiva’s grace, and that steady śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha (recitation) prepare the devotee to receive that anugraha.
In the Vidyeśvara/Viśveśvara context, devotion expressed through hearing and reciting sacred teaching supports Saguna worship (including Liṅga-upāsanā), which ripens into inner understanding of Śiva’s true nature through His grace.
Regular recitation or attentive listening to the chapter as a daily vrata-like discipline; it can be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and focused remembrance of Śiva to deepen receptivity to grace.