Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31
भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins
तथेह परिपूर्णस्य साध्यं मम न विद्यते । तथैव कृतकृत्यानां तेषामपि न संशयः
tatheha paripūrṇasya sādhyaṃ mama na vidyate | tathaiva kṛtakṛtyānāṃ teṣāmapi na saṃśayaḥ
So too, here, for one who is fully perfected, there remains nothing for Me to be attained. In the same way, for those who have accomplished what must be accomplished, there is no doubt of that.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva Siddhanta ideal of pūrṇatva (spiritual completeness): when the soul becomes kṛtakṛtya through Shiva’s grace and right practice, nothing remains to be ‘achieved’—liberation is the state of having fulfilled all that is necessary.
Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva devotion are practical means for the bound soul (paśu) to mature into purity and completeness; once that maturity is reached, the seeker rests in Shiva as the already-attained Supreme, rather than chasing further worldly or even ritual attainments.
The takeaway is niṣkāma-bhakti and inward steadiness: continue Shiva-upāsanā (e.g., Panchakshara japa and meditative absorption) until the sense of ‘something still to gain’ falls away into contentment and surrender to Pati (Shiva).