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
Pour le paśu (l’âme liée), toutes les réalisations, en tout lieu, sont précédées uniquement par la grâce (du Seigneur). En définitive, Lui seul est le but à réaliser, même au moyen de toutes les disciplines et voies spirituelles.
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.