Shloka 72
मेनायाः क्रोध-विलापः — Menā’s Lament and Reproach
to the Sage
ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्यादि सुविलप्याथ बहुशो मेनका तदा । रुरोदोच्चैर्मुने सा हि दुःखशोकपरिप्लुता
brahmovāca | ityādi suvilapyātha bahuśo menakā tadā | rurodoccairmune sā hi duḥkhaśokapariplutā
梵天说道：她如此反复哀诉之后，那时梅那迦被忧愁悲苦所淹没，便高声痛哭，噢圣仙。
Brahma
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
The verse highlights how worldly attachment and fear culminate in grief, which in Shaiva thought can become a catalyst for turning the mind toward Śiva—the steady refuge beyond changing emotions.
Though the verse is narrative, it frames the human condition of duḥkha and śoka that Saguna Śiva compassionately addresses; Linga-worship is presented in the Purana as a stabilizing practice that gathers the mind from lamentation into devotion.
A practical takeaway is to convert grief into japa of the Panchākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and steady the mind with simple Śiva-smaraṇa (remembrance), rather than being swept away by repeated lamentation.