Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 21
पञ्चाक्षर-षडक्षरमन्त्र-माहात्म्यम् | The Greatness of the Pañcākṣara/Ṣaḍakṣara Mantra
यस्सर्वज्ञस्सुसंपूर्णः स्वभावविमलः शिवः । लोकानुग्रहकर्ता च स मृषार्थं कथं वदेत्
yassarvajñassusaṃpūrṇaḥ svabhāvavimalaḥ śivaḥ | lokānugrahakartā ca sa mṛṣārthaṃ kathaṃ vadet
ព្រះសិវៈ ជាព្រះដ៏ដឹងគ្រប់យ៉ាង ពេញលេញដោយសព្វគុណ និងបរិសុទ្ធតាមស្វភាវៈ; ព្រះអង្គជាអ្នកប្រទានអនុគ្រោះដល់លោកទាំងឡាយ។ ដូច្នេះ ព្រះអង្គនឹងនិយាយដោយចេតនាក្លែងក្លាយ ឬពោលពាក្យមិនពិត ដោយរបៀបណាបាន?
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s faultless nature to the sages, typical of Vāyavīyasaṃhitā discourse)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It establishes Shiva as Pati—omniscient, intrinsically pure, and the source of anugraha (saving grace). Because His will is compassionate and truth-grounded, His teachings and boons are reliable guides for liberation.
Linga worship approaches Shiva as the accessible Saguna focus through which His Nirguna purity and omniscience are contemplated. Trust in Shiva’s truthfulness supports śraddhā (faith) in Linga-upāsanā, mantra, and the Purāṇic instructions.
Cultivate satya (truthfulness) and steady faith while doing japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and offer simple Linga worship (water, bilva) as a way to align with Shiva’s pure, grace-bestowing nature.