suddhabhakti

  Shiva's Nama-bhajan His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has described Shiva's attachment to hearing Krishna's name in chapter forty-three of his Nectar of Devotion: When the great sage Narada was chanting the glories of the Lord, the bluish line on the neck of Lord Shiva disappeared. Upon seeing this, Gauri, the wife of Lord Shiva, suspected Lord Shiva of being someone else disguised as her husband, and out of fear she immediately left his company. Krishna tells Shiva to Marry Shiva is not only attracted to hearing Krishna's name, but he is also very attached to chanting it. This fact is illustrated in many different Vedic literatures. The Brahma-vaivarta-Purāna (1.6.4-16) recounts a discussion between Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva: Krishna once summoned Shiva, who is famous as the best of the yogis, and told him, "You should ac-cept the goddess who rides a lion as your wife." Hearing Krishna's words, Shiva smiled and meekly replied, ...

  kṛti-sādhyā bhavet sādhya- bhāvā sā sādhanābhidhā nitya-siddhasya bhāvasya prākaṭyaṁ hṛdi sādhyatā Translation “ ‘When transcendental devotional service, by which love for Kṛṣṇa is attained, is executed by the senses, it is called sādhana-bhakti, or the regulative discharge of devotional service. Such devotion eternally exists within the heart of every living entity. The awakening of this eternal devotion is the potentiality of devotional service in practice.’ Purport This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.2). Because living entities are minute, atomic parts and parcels of the Lord, devotional service is already present within them in a dormant condition. Devotional service begins with śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam, hearing and chanting. When a man is sleeping, he can be awakened by sound vibration; therefore every conditioned soul should be given the chance to hear the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted by a pure Vaiṣṇava. One who hears the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra thus vibrated is awakened...