Shloka 37
अद्वैतशैवसिद्धान्ते पुरुष-प्रकृति-विचारः
Puruṣa–Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine
आचार्य्य रूपया विप्र संछिन्नाखिलबन्धनः । शिशुः शिवपदासक्तो गुर्वात्मा भवति धुवम्
ācāryya rūpayā vipra saṃchinnākhilabandhanaḥ | śiśuḥ śivapadāsakto gurvātmā bhavati dhuvam
ឱ ព្រាហ្មណៈ ដោយរូបព្រះគ្រូជាអាចារ្យ បន្ទុកចំណងទាំងអស់ត្រូវបានកាត់ផ្តាច់សព្វគ្រប់។ សូម្បីតែកុមារតូចម្នាក់ បើភ្ជាប់ចិត្តនឹងព្រះបាទ/ស្ថានភាពរបស់ព្រះសិវៈ ក៏ប្រាកដជាក្លាយជាអ្នកមានអាត្មាដូចគ្រូ—ស្ថិតក្នុងតត្ត្វគ្រូដែលនាំទៅកាន់សិវៈ។
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s guru-centered teaching within the Kailasa Samhita discourse)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
FAQs
It teaches that liberation is catalyzed by the Guru (ācārya) who severs bondage (pāśa), and that sincere devotion to Śiva—even in a child—can mature into firm establishment in the liberating Guru-principle leading to Śiva-realization.
In Shaiva practice, the Guru transmits right worship and right vision of Saguna Śiva (including Linga-upāsanā) so that devotion to Śiva’s feet becomes steady; through such guided worship, the soul’s bonds are loosened and cut, revealing Śiva as Pati.
Guru-bhakti with disciplined devotion to Śiva’s feet: daily mantra-japa (especially pañcākṣarī—"Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), reverent Linga-pūjā as taught by the ācārya, and contemplative remembrance that the Guru is the doorway to Śiva’s grace.