Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 5
पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva
निरंजन निराधार जय निष्कारणोदय । निरन्तरपरानन्द जय निर्वृतिकारण
niraṃjana nirādhāra jaya niṣkāraṇodaya | nirantaraparānanda jaya nirvṛtikāraṇa
Victory to You, O stainless Śiva, supportless and self-subsisting; victory to You, whose manifestation is without cause. Victory to You, the uninterrupted Supreme Bliss; victory to You, the very cause of liberation and final quiescence.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vayu Samhita discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: निरंजन निराधार जय निष्कारणोदय । निरन्तरपरानन्द जय निर्वृतिकारण
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It praises Shiva as Pati—the pure, causeless, self-existent Supreme—whose nature is continuous bliss and who alone grants nirvṛti (the peace of liberation) by removing pasha (bondage) from the pashu (bound soul).
Though the verse describes Nirguna traits (supportless, causeless, stainless), Shaiva Siddhanta commonly approaches this reality through Saguna worship—especially the Shiva Linga—as a consecrated focus that leads the mind toward the formless Supreme.
Use it as a japa-style praise before Panchakshara mantra recitation (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditating on Shiva as nirādhāra (independent) and as the giver of nirvṛti, ideally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as supportive Shaiva disciplines.