Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 49
स्कन्दसरः (Skandasara) — तीर्थवर्णनम् / Description of the Skandasara Sacred Lake
इह भुक्त्वाखिलान्भोगानंते मुक्तिं लभेच्च सः । एतच्छिवपुराणं हि शिवस्यातिप्रियं परम्
iha bhuktvākhilānbhogānaṃte muktiṃ labhecca saḥ | etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi śivasyātipriyaṃ param
Habiendo gozado aquí de todos los deleites, al final ciertamente alcanza la liberación (mokṣa). Pues este Śiva Purāṇa es, en verdad, supremamente amado por el Señor Śiva.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Significance: Frames the Śiva Purāṇa as a grace-bearing vehicle granting both bhukti and mukti—typical of Purāṇic ‘māhātmya’ that motivates pilgrimage/listening as a soteriological act.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that devotion to, and engagement with, the Śiva Purāṇa culminates in Śiva’s grace: one may pass through worldly experience (bhoga) yet ultimately attain mokṣa, because the text is especially beloved to Śiva and thus becomes a vehicle of liberation.
By declaring the Śiva Purāṇa “supremely dear to Śiva,” the verse implies that hearing/reciting it is a direct form of Saguna Śiva-bhakti, supporting Linga-worship through remembrance, praise, and alignment with Śiva’s revealed teachings that lead the soul toward release.
Regular śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha (recitation) of the Śiva Purāṇa as a vrata-like practice—ideally alongside Śiva-nāma-japa (e.g., Pañcākṣarī: “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—is the practical takeaway implied by the promised fruit of liberation.