Shloka 8

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

छायाशापात् पदं चैकं यमस्य क्लिन्नमुत्तमम् पूयशोणितसम्पूर्णं कृमीणां निचयान्वितम्

Transliteration

chāyāśāpāt padaṃ caikaṃ yamasya klinnamuttamam pūyaśoṇitasampūrṇaṃ kṛmīṇāṃ nicayānvitam

Translation

因遮耶的诅咒，阎摩的一只脚严重溃烂——湿烂腥臭——充满脓血，并聚集成堆的蛆虫蠕动其间。

Word by Word

• छायाशापात् (chāyā-śāpāt): due to the curse of Chāyā

• पदम् (padam): foot

• च (ca): and

• एकम् (ekam): one

• यमस्य (yamasya): of Yama (Lord of Dharma/death)

• क्लिन्नम् (klinnam): moist, ulcered, suppurating

• उत्तमम् (uttamam): severe/grievous (lit. intense)

• पूय (pūya): pus

• शोणित (śoṇita): blood

• सम्पूर्णम् (sampūrṇam): filled with

• कृमीणाम् (kṛmīṇām): of worms

• निचय (nicaya): heaps/masses

• अन्वितम् (anvitam): endowed with, infested by

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Chaya

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames karma as pasha (bondage): impurity and harm inevitably mature into suffering, motivating the pashu (soul) to seek Shiva (Pati) through dharma and Shiva-puja for purification and release.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Indirectly: even Yama, the enforcer of dharma, is subject to karmic consequence and curse, highlighting that only Shiva-tattva stands beyond bondage while embodied agents remain within the law of cause and effect.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is stated; the takeaway aligns with Pashupata discipline—ethical restraint and expiation (prāyaścitta) as preparatory purification supporting Shiva-upāsanā that loosens pasha.