Shloka 8
मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics
समाधिस्थो यतिः कश्चिच्छिवभावेन देहभुक् । अस्ति चेत्स महाधीरः परिपूर्णश्शिवो भवेत्
samādhistho yatiḥ kaścicchivabhāvena dehabhuk | asti cetsa mahādhīraḥ paripūrṇaśśivo bhavet
If there is an ascetic who abides in samādhi and yet sustains the body while established in Śiva-consciousness, then that great steadfast one becomes Śiva Himself in complete fullness.
Suta Goswami (narrating Purāṇic teaching on yoga and Śiva-bhāva within Kailāsasaṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It teaches that the rare yogin who remains established in samādhi while sustaining the body, and who lives in Śiva-bhāva (God-consciousness), attains the highest perfection—complete identification with Śiva, i.e., liberation through unwavering realization.
Linga and saguna worship purify the mind and concentrate devotion; when that devotion matures into continuous Śiva-bhāva, the worshipper’s awareness becomes steady like samādhi. The verse points to the culmination of external worship as inner absorption in Śiva.
Samādhi-oriented meditation supported by Śiva-bhakti—such as japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with disciplined yogic concentration—so that remembrance of Śiva becomes unbroken even while living in the body.