Shloka 24

मुनिमोहशमनम्

Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī

Devanagari script

योगिन् इस् फ़्रेएद् फ़्रोम् अत्तछ्मेन्त् न जायते न म्रियते छिद्यते न च भिद्यते न दह्यते न मुह्येत लीयते न च लिप्यते

Transliteration

yogin is freed from attachment na jāyate na mriyate chidyate na ca bhidyate na dahyate na muhyeta līyate na ca lipyate

Translation

离于系缚（pāśa）之瑜伽行者，不生亦不死；不被割裂，不被分解；不被焚烧，不为迷惑。不消散，不染污——安住于无垢觉知之中，此觉知由解脱缚生之主宰湿婆（Pati）所护持。

Word by Word

• yogin: the yogin (Pāśupata practitioner)

• saṅga/attachment (implied): bondage-causing clinging (pāśa)

• na jāyate: is not born

• na mriyate: does not die

• na chidyate: is not cut

• na bhidyate: is not split/broken

• na dahyate: is not burned

• na muhyeta: is not deluded/confused

• na līyate: does not dissolve/vanish

• na lipyate: is not stained/tainted

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Linga Purana’s yogic discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-worship as a means to cut pāśa (attachment): devotion and inner yoga mature into the realization of the unstained, deathless consciousness protected by Śiva, the Pati.

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

By pointing to the unborn, uncuttable, unburnable, and unstainable reality, it aligns the realized state with Śiva-tattva—pure, changeless awareness that liberates the bound soul (paśu).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Detachment (vairāgya) as Pāśupata-yogic discipline: freeing oneself from saṅga/pāśa so the paśu can abide in Śiva-oriented, stainless awareness alongside Linga-pūjā.