Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 76
मन्त्रसिद्धिः, प्रतिबन्धनिरासः, श्रद्धा-नियमाः
Mantra Efficacy, Removal of Obstacles, and the Role of Faith/Discipline
शत्रुर्मित्रायते सद्यो विरोधी किंकरायते । विषायते यदमृतं विषमप्यमृतायते
śatrurmitrāyate sadyo virodhī kiṃkarāyate | viṣāyate yadamṛtaṃ viṣamapyamṛtāyate
Par la puissance transformatrice de la connaissance et de la dévotion à Śiva, l’ennemi devient aussitôt ami, et même l’adversaire se change en serviteur. Ce qui est nectar peut devenir poison, et même le poison peut devenir nectar—selon l’état de la conscience et l’enchaînement ou la délivrance karmique.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it teaches the reversibility of experience (friend/enemy; nectar/poison) under the play of māyā and the shift produced by Śiva-jñāna/bhakti.
Significance: General: encourages inner transformation—through Śiva-oriented consciousness, hostile circumstances can be transmuted; warns that perception itself can invert under bondage.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that in Śaiva understanding, outer circumstances are reshaped by inner purification: when the pasha (bondage) loosens through Śiva-bhakti and jñāna, hostility and hardship lose their sting and become aids to liberation.
Linga-worship centers the mind on Śiva as Pati (the Lord) and purifies the pashu (individual self). As devotion matures, even adversities and oppositions are experienced as instruments of Śiva’s grace rather than as threats.
Daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steady dhyāna on the Śiva-liṅga, supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and a sāttvika life, is implied as the practical means to transmute “poison” experiences into “nectar.”