Shloka 70
ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)
यदा व्यवस्थितस्त्वेतैः स्वप्न इत्यभिधीयते करणानि विलीनानि यदा स्वात्मनि सुव्रताः
yadā vyavasthitastvetaiḥ svapna ityabhidhīyate karaṇāni vilīnāni yadā svātmani suvratāḥ
When, through these inner operations, one becomes established in what is called the dream-state—when the instruments of cognition and action dissolve back into one’s own Self—O you of noble vows, that condition is termed svapna (dream).
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva-Yogic teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)
FAQs
It frames true Linga-upasana as inner absorption: when the senses (karaṇas) withdraw and merge into the Self, the worshipper moves from external ritual to inward union with Pati (Shiva), which is the secret aim behind Linga worship.
By pointing to the dissolution of faculties into the Self, it implies Shiva as the indwelling Consciousness (Pati) in whom all instruments subside; the pashu recognizes that its experiences arise when the karaṇas operate and cease when they merge back toward that inner ground.
Pratyahara leading to inward stabilization—withdrawal of the senses and inner faculties from objects—an essential limb in Pashupata-oriented yoga that supports dhyana on Shiva beyond waking sensory activity.