Shloka 12

उपलेपनादिकथनम्

Vastraputa-jala, Ahimsa, and Conduct in Shiva Worship

Devanagari script

ये पुत्रपौत्रवत्स्नेहाद् रुद्रलोकं व्रजन्ति ते तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन वस्त्रपूतेन वारिणा

Transliteration

ye putrapautravatsnehād rudralokaṃ vrajanti te tasmātsarvaprayatnena vastrapūtena vāriṇā

Translation

那些以爱怜如同对待子与孙一般而得至鲁陀罗世界者——因此，应竭尽诸般努力，使用以布滤净之水（以作供奉与礼拜）。

Word by Word

• ये (ye): those who

• पुत्र-पौत्र-वत्-स्नेहात् (putra-pautra-vat-snehāt): out of affection like (for) sons and grandsons

• रुद्रलोकम् (rudralokam): Rudra’s realm/world

• व्रजन्ति (vrajanti): go, attain

• ते (te): they

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• सर्व-प्रयत्नेन (sarva-prayatnena): with all effort

• वस्त्र-पूतेन (vastra-pūtena): purified/filtered by cloth

• वारिणा (vāriṇā): with water

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It stresses dravya-shuddhi (purity of offerings): even water should be cloth-filtered, showing that careful, reverent worship of the Linga supports attainment of Rudraloka.

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

Shiva is implied as Pati (the Lord) whose loka is reached not merely by ritual, but by tender, familial devotion (putra-pautra-vat-sneha), indicating grace responding to bhakti joined with purity.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A key puja-practice is highlighted: offering vastrapūta-vāri (cloth-filtered water), reflecting outer purity that supports inner purification central to Shaiva sadhana and Pashupata discipline.