Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 49
पशुपाशपतिज्ञान-प्राप्तिः
Acquisition of Paśupati–Pāśa Knowledge
अशरीरं शरीरेषु चलेषु स्थाणुमव्ययम् । सदा पश्यति तं धीरो नरः प्रत्यवमर्शनात्
aśarīraṃ śarīreṣu caleṣu sthāṇumavyayam | sadā paśyati taṃ dhīro naraḥ pratyavamarśanāt
Par la contemplation intérieure, le sage inébranlable Le perçoit sans cesse : le Seigneur Śiva sans corps demeurant au sein des êtres incarnés, la Réalité immobile au milieu de tout ce qui se meut, l’Imperissable.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva, the imperishable Pati, is realized not merely as an external deity but as the bodiless, unchanging Reality present within all embodied and changing beings; steady contemplation leads to direct inner vision of Him.
Linga worship trains the mind to recognize Shiva as the formless, stable principle (sthāṇu) beyond change; through Saguna devotion and ritual focus, the seeker matures into perceiving the same Shiva as the Nirguna, bodiless presence within all.
Practice pratyavamarsha (inward self-inquiry/meditative reflection): sit in stillness, repeat the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and contemplate Shiva as the unmoving witness within the moving body and mind.