Shloka 37
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
यत्र विश्वस्य ते शंभुस्तत्र तस्मै फलप्रदः । स्वहस्ताल्लिख्यते यंत्रे स्थावरादावकृत्रिमे
yatra viśvasya te śaṃbhustatra tasmai phalapradaḥ | svahastāllikhyate yaṃtre sthāvarādāvakṛtrime
Ở nơi nào Ngài—Śambhu, Chúa tể của vũ trụ—được an vị, ngay nơi ấy Ngài trở thành Đấng ban quả (phúc lạc đời và đạo) cho người sùng kính. Vì vậy, yantra nên được tự tay vẽ, trên nền tự nhiên vững chắc—như một mặt phẳng cố định—không dùng sự sắp đặt giả tạo.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: This verse teaches a portable/household ritual principle: wherever Śambhu is ritually ‘installed’ (āvaraṇa/yantra-pratiṣṭhā), He becomes phalaprada. It is not tied to a single sthala but generalizes the logic behind all Śiva-sthāpanā—presence through consecration and right procedure.
Significance: Establishes that grace and ‘fruits’ are accessible even outside major kṣetras when worship is properly grounded (adhāra) and personally performed (svahasta).
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva’s grace becomes immediately accessible wherever He is sincerely installed and worshipped; the “fruit” arises from devotion aligned with right method, not mere external display.
Yantra-worship is a Saguna support: like the Linga, the yantra serves as a sacred locus for invoking Shiva’s presence so the devotee can receive blessings and progress toward liberation.
Draw the Shiva-yantra yourself on a clean, natural, stable surface, then worship with mantra (especially the Panchakshara) and focused bhakti, treating the yantra as Shiva’s installed presence.