Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 30
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
प्रसादादेव सा भक्तिः प्रसादो भक्तिसंभवः । यथा चांकुरतो बीजं बीजतो वा यथांकुरः
prasādādeva sā bhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ | yathā cāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ
تلك العبادةُ المحبّة لا تنشأ إلا من النعمة (نعمة الربّ)، والنعمةُ تولد من العبادة—كما تنشأ البذرة من البرعم، ثم ينشأ البرعم من البذرة.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva insight that Shiva’s anugraha (grace) and the devotee’s bhakti support each other in a living cycle—grace awakens devotion, and devotion ripens into greater grace—culminating in liberation.
Linga-worship is a concrete (saguna) discipline that kindles bhakti through pūjā, mantra, and reverence; as bhakti deepens, Shiva’s prasāda becomes more palpable, drawing the worshipper from outer ritual toward inner realization.
Steady bhakti-sādhana—especially japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with daily Linga-pūjā and a prayer for Shiva’s prasāda—since consistent devotion is presented as the condition that invites and amplifies grace.