Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
प्रसादपूर्विका एव पशोस्सर्वत्र सिद्धयः । स एव साधनैरन्ते सर्वैरपि च साध्यते
prasādapūrvikā eva paśossarvatra siddhayaḥ | sa eva sādhanairante sarvairapi ca sādhyate
Para el paśu (el alma atada), todos los logros en cualquier lugar están precedidos únicamente por la gracia (del Señor). En última instancia, sólo Él es la meta que ha de realizarse, aun mediante todas las disciplinas y medios espirituales.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that for the paśu (the individual soul bound by pāśa), both worldly and spiritual successes arise only when Shiva’s prasāda (grace) is present; and the highest fruit of all practice is realization of Shiva as Pati.
Linga-worship and Saguna devotion are effective not merely as techniques, but because they invite Shiva’s grace; the verse frames all worship as culminating in Shiva Himself, not in secondary powers.
Undertake sādhana—such as japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-pūjā with bhakti, and Shaiva disciplines like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa—while keeping the focus on seeking Shiva’s grace rather than siddhis.