Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 15
पञ्चाक्षरीविद्यायाḥ कलियुगे मोक्षोपायः | The Pañcākṣarī Vidyā as a Means of Liberation in Kali Yuga
पूजयेत्पतितो वापि मूढो वा मुच्यते नरः । षडक्षरेण वा देवि तथा पञ्चाक्षरेण वा
pūjayetpatito vāpi mūḍho vā mucyate naraḥ | ṣaḍakṣareṇa vā devi tathā pañcākṣareṇa vā
হে দেবী, মানুষ পতিত হোক বা মূঢ় হোক, যদি সে (শিবের) পূজা করে তবে মুক্ত হয়—ষড়াক্ষর মন্ত্রে হোক বা তদ্রূপ পঞ্চাক্ষর মন্ত্রে।
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It declares the primacy of Śiva’s grace accessed through worship and mantra: even a person burdened by ignorance or moral fall can be purified and released from bondage by sincere Śiva-upāsanā using the five- or six-syllabled mantra.
The verse supports Saguna worship as an effective means: mantra-japa and pūjā (often performed before the Śiva-liṅga) become the doorway for Śiva’s anugraha, which burns impurities and loosens pāśa (bondage).
Regular japa of the pañcākṣara (e.g., “namaḥ śivāya”) or a ṣaḍakṣara mantra, combined with Śiva-pūjā—especially liṅga-abhiṣeka and inward remembrance—are implied as direct practices leading toward liberation.