Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 30
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
प्रसादादेव सा भक्तिः प्रसादो भक्तिसंभवः । यथा चांकुरतो बीजं बीजतो वा यथांकुरः
prasādādeva sā bhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ | yathā cāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ
એ ભક્તિ માત્ર (પ્રભુના) પ્રસાદથી જ ઉપજે છે, અને પ્રસાદ ભક્તિમાંથી જ જન્મે છે—જેમ અંકુરથી બીજ અને બીજથી ફરી અંકુર થાય છે।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva insight that Shiva’s anugraha (grace) and the devotee’s bhakti support each other in a living cycle—grace awakens devotion, and devotion ripens into greater grace—culminating in liberation.
Linga-worship is a concrete (saguna) discipline that kindles bhakti through pūjā, mantra, and reverence; as bhakti deepens, Shiva’s prasāda becomes more palpable, drawing the worshipper from outer ritual toward inner realization.
Steady bhakti-sādhana—especially japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with daily Linga-pūjā and a prayer for Shiva’s prasāda—since consistent devotion is presented as the condition that invites and amplifies grace.