Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 8
शिवसंस्कार-दीक्षानिरूपणम् (Śivasaṃskāra and the Typology of Dīkṣā)
सा दीक्षा शांभवी प्रोक्ता सा पुनर्भिद्यते द्विधा । तीव्रा तीव्रतरा चेति पाशो पक्षयभेदतः
sā dīkṣā śāṃbhavī proktā sā punarbhidyate dvidhā | tīvrā tīvratarā ceti pāśo pakṣayabhedataḥ
That initiation is proclaimed to be Śāmbhavī, belonging to Śambhu (Śiva). Again, it is divided into two kinds—“intense” and “more intense”—according to the distinctions in the state of the pāśa (bondage) and in its weakening and destruction.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva’s grace operates through Śāmbhavī dīkṣā, and that liberation depends on how strongly the bonds (pāśa)—karmic and impurity-based fetters—are weakened and finally destroyed.
Śāmbhavī dīkṣā authorizes and empowers Śaiva worship—especially Linga-upāsanā and mantra—so the devotee’s relationship with Saguna Śiva becomes a means for pāśa-kṣaya (dissolution of bondage) leading toward realization of Pati (Śiva).
Seek Śaiva dīkṣā under a competent guru and sustain daily mantra-japa (notably the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) along with Śiva-pūjā; these are presented as practical means by which the fetters are progressively weakened.