Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 80
अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace
निदानभूतैस्संसाररोगः पुंसां प्रवर्तते । अस्य रोगस्य भैषज्यं ज्ञानमेव न चापरम्
nidānabhūtaissaṃsārarogaḥ puṃsāṃ pravartate | asya rogasya bhaiṣajyaṃ jñānameva na cāparam
Dari sebab-sebab yang menjadi dasarnya, timbullah penyakit saṃsāra (keterikatan duniawi) pada manusia. Obat bagi penyakit ini hanyalah pengetahuan rohani; tiada obat yang lain.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha
Sthala Purana: Vaidyanātha is revered as Śiva the supreme physician; the sthala tradition links healing and release from afflictions through Śiva’s grace, often narrated with Śiva restoring wholeness and granting boons to devotees who seek cure and liberation.
Significance: Healing of bodily and existential ‘saṃsāra-roga’; seeking Śiva’s anugraha through darśana and worship, especially in the Śrāvaṇa pilgrimage season.
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Role: liberating
FAQs
It frames saṃsāra as a curable illness whose root is causation born of bondage and ignorance; liberation comes through jñāna—right knowledge that reveals Shiva (Pati) and loosens the pasha (bond).
Linga-worship and devotion to Saguna Shiva are supports that purify the mind; this verse highlights that the final cure is liberating knowledge—direct insight into Shiva as the ultimate reality beyond worldly entanglement.
Cultivate jñāna through Shiva-oriented meditation and scriptural contemplation—supported by steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and disciplined worship that turns the mind inward toward truth.