Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 66
श्रद्धामाहात्म्यं तथा देवीप्रश्नः
The Greatness of Śraddhā and Devī’s Question to Śiva
मदनुग्रहतस्तेषां भावो मयि समर्पितः । फलं परमनिर्वाणं प्रयच्छति बलादिव । महात्मनामनन्यानां मयि संन्यस्तचेतसाम् । अष्टधा लक्षणं प्राहुर्मम धर्माधिकारिणाम्
madanugrahatasteṣāṃ bhāvo mayi samarpitaḥ | phalaṃ paramanirvāṇaṃ prayacchati balādiva | mahātmanāmananyānāṃ mayi saṃnyastacetasām | aṣṭadhā lakṣaṇaṃ prāhurmama dharmādhikāriṇām
Dengan anugerah-Ku, batin mereka menjadi dipersembahkan kepada-Ku; persembahan itu seakan tak tertahan menganugerahkan buah Nirvāṇa tertinggi. Bagi para mahātmā yang tak mencari selain Aku dan yang menyerahkan segenap kesadaran pada-Ku, para bijak menyatakan delapan tanda—itulah kelayakan bagi yang berhak atas Dharma-Ku.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Significance: Defines liberation as ‘parama-nirvāṇa’ arising from Śiva’s anugraha; pilgrimage/vrata are secondary to grace that turns bhāva into total self-offering.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that liberation is not merely self-effort but arises through Shiva’s anugraha (grace) when the devotee’s bhāva is fully offered to Him; such surrender ripens into parama-nirvāṇa.
The verse emphasizes offering one’s inner bhāva into Shiva; in practice, this is fulfilled through Saguna worship—especially Linga-upāsanā—where external ritual becomes the vehicle for inner surrender and Shiva’s grace.
Cultivate ananya-bhakti and saṁnyasta-cetas (mind-surrender) through daily Shiva pūjā, japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and steady meditation on Shiva as the sole refuge, seeking His anugraha.