Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31
प्रणवविभागः—वेदस्वरूपत्वं लिङ्गे च प्रतिष्ठा
The Division of Oṃ, Its Vedic Forms, and Its Placement in the Liṅga
ऐश्वर्याच्चापि मायेयादशुद्धान्मानुषादिकात् । अपराच्च परात्त्याज्यादधिशुद्धाध्वगोचरात्
aiśvaryāccāpi māyeyādaśuddhānmānuṣādikāt | aparācca parāttyājyādadhiśuddhādhvagocarāt
মায়াজাত, ঐশ্বর্য-ক্ষেত্রভুক্ত মানবাদি অশুদ্ধ অবস্থাগুলি ত্যাগ করা উচিত। আর অধিশুদ্ধ-অধ্বের অতীত পরমকে পেতে নিম্ন ও উচ্চ—উভয় তত্ত্বই পরিত্যাজ্য।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches Shaiva Siddhanta discernment (viveka): liberation comes by transcending Māyā’s impure limitations (like embodied human identity) and even the subtler cosmic attainments, resting finally in Shiva (Pati) who is beyond all paths and categories.
Linga-worship begins with Saguna focus to purify the mind and loosen Māyic bonds; this verse points to the culmination where devotion and knowledge mature into recognition of Shiva as transcendent—beyond even the ‘pure’ cosmological levels—while the Linga remains the gateway-symbol of that Supreme.
Practice steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with inner detachment from identity and attainments; support it with Shaiva disciplines like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to renounce Māyā and abide in Shiva.