Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 13
ध्यानप्रकारनिर्णयः / Determination of the Modes of Meditation
on Śrīkaṇṭha-Śiva
स्वस्थता या तु सा बुद्धः प्रसादः परिकीर्तितः । कारणानि च सर्वाणि सबाह्याभ्यंतराणि च
svasthatā yā tu sā buddhaḥ prasādaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | kāraṇāni ca sarvāṇi sabāhyābhyaṃtarāṇi ca
ಸ್ವಸ್ವರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿರುವ ಆ ಸ್ವಸ್ಥತೆಯನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ‘ಪ್ರಸಾದ’—ಅಂದರೆ ನಿರ್ಮಲವಾದ ಶಾಂತ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟತೆ—ಎಂದು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದು ಬಾಹ್ಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಆಂತರಿಕ ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಾರಣಗಳನ್ನೂ ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುತ್ತದೆ.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It defines prasāda as svasthatā—abiding in one’s own nature—indicating a Shaiva ideal of inner clarity where both outer circumstances and inner impulses no longer disturb the seeker.
Linga-worship steadies the mind and turns it inward; through devotion and contemplation, the devotee gains prasāda—serene clarity—seen as Shiva’s grace maturing into inner self-abidance.
Meditative steadiness (dhyāna) supported by Shiva-upāsanā—such as japa of the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—cultivates svasthatā, the calm clarity called prasāda.