Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 54
पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
कर्मक्षये पुनश्चान्यत्ततो याति स तत्त्वतः । स एवादिस्स्वयं योगनिमित्तं भोक्तृभोगयोः
karmakṣaye punaścānyattato yāti sa tattvataḥ | sa evādissvayaṃ yoganimittaṃ bhoktṛbhogayoḥ
Wenn der Vorrat an Karma erschöpft ist, geht die Seele wahrhaft in einen anderen Zustand über. Er, Śiva, der Uranfängliche, ist selbst die Ursache des Yoga und der Grund sowohl des Erfahrenden als auch des Erfahrenen (Genießender und Gegenstand des Genusses).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that transmigration continues until karma is exhausted, and that Śiva as Pati is the ultimate ground enabling yoga and the resolution of the knower-known (bhoktṛ-bhogya) split that binds the soul.
By affirming Śiva as the primordial source behind both experience and the experiencer, it supports Linga-worship as a focused Saguna support that leads the mind toward the truth of Śiva as the inner cause of yoga and liberation.
A practical takeaway is sustained yoga grounded in Śiva—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with meditation on the Linga—aimed at burning karmic residues and stabilizing the witness beyond bhoktṛ-bhogya.