Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 31
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
तस्यां सर्वेषु लिङ्गेषु तिथौ स्वपिति शङ्करः वसते संनिधाने तु तत्र पूजाक्षया स्मृता
tasyāṃ sarveṣu liṅgeṣu tithau svapiti śaṅkaraḥ vasate saṃnidhāne tu tatra pūjākṣayā smṛtā
On that tithi, in all liṅgas, Śaṅkara is said to “sleep,” abiding in a special state. In his very proximity and presence there, worship is remembered as imperishable, yielding inexhaustible merit.
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FAQs
The teaching emphasizes steadfast worship and the accessibility of the divine: Śiva is not confined to a single shrine but is present through all liṅgas, making sincere devotion universally efficacious.
This is primarily tīrtha/arcana-śāstra style instruction within Purāṇic discourse—ritual theology explaining when and why worship becomes ‘akṣaya’; it is not a genealogical or cosmogenic unit.
‘Śiva sleeps in all liṅgas’ can symbolize a concentrated, hidden immanence of the deity on the sacred time-node (Kālāṣṭamī). ‘Akṣaya pūjā’ signals that worship aligned with that immanence yields enduring spiritual capital.