Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 44
शैवधर्मप्रशंसा तथा पञ्चविधसाधनविभागः / Praise of Śaiva Dharma and the Fivefold Classification of Practice
सर्वात्मा परमैरेभिर्गुणैर्नित्यसमन्वयात् । स्वस्मात्परात्मविरहात्परमात्मा शिवः स्वयम्
sarvātmā paramairebhirguṇairnityasamanvayāt | svasmātparātmavirahātparamātmā śivaḥ svayam
لأنه متّحدٌ أبدًا بالصفات العليا، وهو الذات الباطنة لكلّ الكائنات؛ ولأنّ الذاتَ العليا لا تنفصل قطّ عن ماهيتها الخاصة، فإنّ شيفا نفسه هو البرماتمان (الذات العليا).
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
Cosmic Event: immanence: Śiva as inner Self sustaining all (sthiti)
FAQs
It establishes Shiva as the Paramātman—present as the inner Self of all—whose supreme nature is never divided from Himself, affirming Shiva as the ultimate refuge and source of liberation.
The Linga is a sacred support for contemplation: by worshipping Saguna Shiva through the Linga, the devotee is led to recognize the same Shiva as the all-pervading Paramātman taught here.
Meditate on Shiva as the indwelling Self while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), using Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as aids to steady remembrance of Shiva’s ever-present reality.