Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 33
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
साम्यात्प्रसादसंपर्को धर्मस्यातिशयस्ततः । धर्मातिशयमासाद्य पशोः पापपरिक्षयः
sāmyātprasādasaṃparko dharmasyātiśayastataḥ | dharmātiśayamāsādya paśoḥ pāpaparikṣayaḥ
De l’équanimité intérieure naît le contact avec la grâce divine; de là, le dharma s’intensifie. Ayant atteint ce dharma exalté, le paśu—l’âme liée—voit ses péchés s’user jusqu’à complète extinction.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Role: liberating
FAQs
It presents a Shaiva Siddhanta sequence: inner equanimity (sāmya) makes one receptive to Shiva’s grace (prasāda), which strengthens dharma and culminates in the purification of the bound soul (paśu) through the exhaustion of sin.
Linga-worship and devotion to Saguna Shiva are practical means to cultivate steadiness and purity; that steadiness supports receptivity to Shiva’s prasāda, through which dharma deepens and impurities are removed.
Practice mental equipoise through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady daily Shiva-puja; these disciplines support sāmya and invite prasāda, leading to pāpa-kṣaya.