Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 23
अन्तराय-उपसर्ग-विवेचनम् / Analysis of Yogic Obstacles (Antarāyas) and Upasargas
निर्व्रणत्वं शरीरस्य पार्थिवैश्च समन्वितम् । तदिदं षोडशगुणमाप्यमैश्वर्यमद्भुतम्
nirvraṇatvaṃ śarīrasya pārthivaiśca samanvitam | tadidaṃ ṣoḍaśaguṇamāpyamaiśvaryamadbhutam
Der Körper wird frei von Wunden und Leiden und ist zudem mit den aus dem Erdelement geborenen Vorzügen ausgestattet. Dies ist die wunderbare herrscherliche Vollendung, die sechzehnfach erlangt wird.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Vaidyanātha
Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha
Sthala Purana: Śiva as the supreme physician (Vaidya) grants freedom from affliction; the liṅga is revered for healing and restoration of wholeness, echoing the motif of Śiva curing the devotee’s bodily and karmic wounds.
Significance: Sought for relief from disease, longevity, and the sense of being ‘made whole’; also interpreted as grace that heals the deeper mala-bound condition.
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It presents aiśvarya (divinely granted excellence) as a fruit of Shaiva discipline and grace—purification becomes so complete that even the body reflects wholeness, symbolizing the loosening of pāśa (bondage) under Pati’s (Shiva’s) favor.
In Saguna worship—especially Linga-upāsanā—devotion and regulated practice are said to yield both inner and outer transformations; the “wondrous attainment” points to Shiva’s tangible blessing that supports the seeker’s steadiness toward higher realization.
It implies sustained Shaiva sādhanā—regular japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), purity disciplines, and meditative absorption—through which Shiva’s grace manifests as strengthening, healing, and heightened spiritual capacity.