Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11
पञ्चाक्षरमाहात्म्यम् / The Greatness of the Pañcākṣarī (Five-Syllable) Mantra
अलब्धाल्लब्ध एवात्र विशिष्टो नात्र संशयः । स ब्रह्मांगेन वा तेन सहंसेन विमुच्यते
alabdhāllabdha evātra viśiṣṭo nātra saṃśayaḥ | sa brahmāṃgena vā tena sahaṃsena vimucyate
Ici, celui qui obtient ce qui n’avait jamais été obtenu auparavant est, sans nul doute, le chercheur le plus éminent. Par cette réalisation, il est délivré : soit par l’union avec l’être même de Brahmā, soit avec le Haṁsa, le Soi suprême intérieur.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Interprets ‘attainment’ as the decisive inner shift from non-attainment to attainment of the liberating principle; liberation is described in Upaniṣadic idiom (brahma-aṅga/haṃsa), aligning devotion with realized knowledge.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It praises the seeker who realizes the previously unrealized Supreme Reality and declares that such attainment culminates in release (vimukti), aligning with Shaiva Siddhanta’s aim of freedom from pasha (bondage) through higher realization.
In Shaiva practice, Saguna worship (Linga, mantra, and devotion) purifies and matures the aspirant so that the ‘unattained’ truth becomes directly realized; this verse points to that final fruition—liberation through true knowledge and inner union.
Meditation on Haṁsa (so’ham/haṁsa-japa with the breath) as an inner discipline is implied by “haṁsena,” supported by Shaiva disciplines such as Panchakshara japa, Tripundra (bhasma), and Rudraksha for steadiness and purification.