Shiva Purana — Vidyesvara Samhita, Shloka 134
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
त्वत्स्वरूपेर्पिता बुद्धिर्नतेऽशून्ये च रोचति । या चास्त्यस्मदहंतेति त्वयि दृष्टे विवर्जिता
tvatsvarūperpitā buddhirnate'śūnye ca rocati | yā cāstyasmadahaṃteti tvayi dṛṣṭe vivarjitā
যখন বুদ্ধি তোমার স্বরূপে অর্পিত হয়, তখন তা ‘অশূন্য’—কোনো বিষয়-আশ্রয়ে আর রুচি পায় না। আর ‘আমি এই’—এই অহংবোধ, তোমাকে সত্যভাবে দর্শন করলে পরিত্যক্ত হয়।
Lord Shiva (teaching within the Vidyeśvarasaṃhitā context on realization and ego-transcendence)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: Kāśī’s Viśveśvara is presented as the revealer of liberating knowledge: when buddhi is surrendered into Śiva’s svarūpa, object-support (ālambana) and ahaṃtā fall away—this is the jñāna-side of Kāśī’s promise of mokṣa.
Significance: Frames pilgrimage not merely as external merit but as inner transformation: ego-thinning and surrender culminating in Śiva-darśana (realization).
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that liberation arises when buddhi is surrendered into Shiva’s svarūpa; then attachment to external supports and the ego-notion “I am this” naturally falls away through Shiva-darśana (direct realization).
Saguna worship (Linga, mantra, pūjā) steadies the mind and refines buddhi; as devotion matures, awareness is led to Shiva’s essential nature beyond object-supports, where ego-identification is relinquished.
Meditative surrender: japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with inward offering of thoughts into Shiva, combined with steady contemplation that dissolves ahaṃtā rather than feeding it.