Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 49
पशुपाशपतिज्ञान-प्राप्तिः
Acquisition of Paśupati–Pāśa Knowledge
अशरीरं शरीरेषु चलेषु स्थाणुमव्ययम् । सदा पश्यति तं धीरो नरः प्रत्यवमर्शनात्
aśarīraṃ śarīreṣu caleṣu sthāṇumavyayam | sadā paśyati taṃ dhīro naraḥ pratyavamarśanāt
بالتأمّل الباطني يرى الحكيم الثابتُ على الدوام ذاك—الربّ شيفا بلا جسد، القائم في ذوات الأجساد؛ الحقيقة الساكنة في خضمّ كلّ متحرّك؛ الذي لا يفنى ولا يزول.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva, the imperishable Pati, is realized not merely as an external deity but as the bodiless, unchanging Reality present within all embodied and changing beings; steady contemplation leads to direct inner vision of Him.
Linga worship trains the mind to recognize Shiva as the formless, stable principle (sthāṇu) beyond change; through Saguna devotion and ritual focus, the seeker matures into perceiving the same Shiva as the Nirguna, bodiless presence within all.
Practice pratyavamarsha (inward self-inquiry/meditative reflection): sit in stillness, repeat the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and contemplate Shiva as the unmoving witness within the moving body and mind.