Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 37
शिवस्य परापरब्रह्मस्वरूपनिर्णयः / Determination of Śiva as Higher and Lower Brahman
यदा २ पश्यः पश्यते रुक्मवर्णं कर्तारमीशं पुरुषं ब्रह्मयोनिम् । तदाविद्वान्पुण्यपापे विधूय निरंजनः परममुपैति साम्यम्
yadā 2 paśyaḥ paśyate rukmavarṇaṃ kartāramīśaṃ puruṣaṃ brahmayonim | tadāvidvānpuṇyapāpe vidhūya niraṃjanaḥ paramamupaiti sāmyam
Wenn der Seher den goldglänzenden Herrn schaut — den souveränen Schöpfer, den höchsten Puruṣa, den Ursprung selbst Brahmās — dann schüttelt der Wissende Verdienst und Sünde ab, wird makellos und erlangt die höchste Einheit (sāmyam) mit Ihm.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s liberating doctrine to the sages at Naimisharanya, within the Vayu Samhita discourse)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: Not tied to a jyotirliṅga; it describes liberating vision (darśana/jñāna) of the Lord as brahma-yoni (source of Brahmā) leading to purification beyond puṇya/pāpa.
Significance: Promises the fruit of true ‘darśana’: transcendence of karmic dualities and attainment of sāmyam (communion/equality) with Śiva—Siddhāntic mokṣa as proximity and likeness, not identity of essence.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that direct realization of Shiva as the supreme Lord and source of creation dissolves karmic dualities (merit and sin), making the soul stainless and fit for the highest liberative communion with Shiva.
The verse points to Shiva’s perceivable glory (saguna vision—radiant, lordly, creator) as a doorway to the highest state; Linga worship similarly offers a concrete focus through which the devotee matures into inner realization and freedom from bondage.
Meditative darśana of Shiva—steady contemplation on the Lord as īśa and inner creator—supported by Shaiva disciplines such as japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya) and purification practices like Tripundra (bhasma) as aids to becoming nirañjana (stainless).