Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 4
Śiva’s Freedom from Bondage and His Cosmic Support (शिवस्य अबन्धत्वं तथा सर्वाधिष्ठानत्वम्)
न चास्त्यभिनिवेशो ऽस्य कुशला ऽकुशलान्यपि । कर्माणि तद्विपाकश्च सुखदुःखे च तत्फले
na cāstyabhiniveśo 'sya kuśalā 'kuśalānyapi | karmāṇi tadvipākaśca sukhaduḥkhe ca tatphale
In Ihm gibt es kein Anhaften und keine feste Bindung. Für Ihn binden selbst die sogenannten verdienstvollen und unverdienstlichen Handlungen—samt ihrem Reifen—nicht; und Lust und Schmerz, die als ihre Früchte entstehen, zwingen Ihn nicht, denn Er bleibt in der Freiheit des Herrn Śiva gegründet.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a site-legend; it articulates the liberated condition where karma and its vipāka do not bind—an anugraha-fruit theme.
Significance: Encourages pilgrims to cultivate non-clinging (abhiniveśa-śūnyatā) through Śiva-bhakti and right knowledge, weakening karmic bondage.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches the mark of a liberated or Shiva-centered yogin: absence of abhiniveśa (clinging). When devotion and knowledge mature under Shiva’s grace, karma and its fruits no longer generate bondage, even if experiences of pleasure and pain still appear.
Linga/Saguna Shiva worship trains the mind to surrender results (karma-phala) to Shiva. Through steady puja, japa, and contemplation of Shiva as Pati (the Lord), the devotee’s identification loosens, and actions cease to bind—matching the verse’s description.
Practice offering all actions and their results to Shiva through daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditation on non-attachment; maintain a steady, even mind toward sukha-duḥkha while grounding devotion with simple Shiva-puja (optionally with bhasma and rudraksha).