Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 33
स्कन्दसरः (Skandasara) — तीर्थवर्णनम् / Description of the Skandasara Sacred Lake
समाप्तमिव निर्वाणं सर्वज्ञमिव संगतम् । दृष्ट्वा प्रहृष्टवदनो ब्रह्मपुत्रः सहर्षिभिः
samāptamiva nirvāṇaṃ sarvajñamiva saṃgatam | dṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭavadano brahmaputraḥ saharṣibhiḥ
Voyant cet état—tel l’achèvement même du nirvāṇa, et comme si l’omniscience s’était rassemblée en une seule présence—le fils de Brahmā, avec les ṛṣi, rayonna de joie.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: No direct Jyotirliṅga reference; the verse’s nirvāṇa/omniscience language aligns with pan-Śaiva teaching scenes where Śiva’s presence itself is liberating knowledge.
Significance: Soteriological: darśana of the Lord (or His empowered manifestation) is equated with ‘nirvāṇa consummated’—a classic Siddhānta emphasis that jñāna and mokṣa mature through Pati’s anugraha.
Role: teaching
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It portrays the direct recognition of a liberated, Shiva-aligned state: bondage appears concluded (samāpta), and true knowledge is experienced as a unified presence, causing the Brahmā-born sage and the ṛṣis to rejoice—echoing Shaiva Siddhanta’s emphasis on grace culminating in clarity and freedom.
Though the verse is descriptive rather than ritualistic, it supports the Shaiva understanding that Saguna worship (such as Linga-upasana) matures the seeker toward the experience of Shiva’s supreme knowledge and the cessation of pasha (bondage), reflected here as ‘nirvāṇa-like completion’ and ‘assembled omniscience.’
The implied practice is steady dhyāna and jñāna grounded in Shiva-bhakti—such as daily japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with contemplative absorption—aimed at the inner certainty where bondage feels ended and awareness becomes lucid and unified.