Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 76
सेवातत्त्वप्रश्नः — The Question of Whom to Serve (Sevā) for the Removal of Suffering
विज्ञानं जायते ज्ञानात्परब्रह्मप्रकाशकम् । विज्ञानं च यदा जातं तदा भेदो निवर्तते
vijñānaṃ jāyate jñānātparabrahmaprakāśakam | vijñānaṃ ca yadā jātaṃ tadā bhedo nivartate
ജ്ഞാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പരബ്രഹ്മത്തെ പ്രകാശിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വിജ്ഞാനം (അനുഭവജ്ഞാനം) ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു. ആ വിജ്ഞാനം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചാൽ ഭേദബോധം തീർച്ചയായും അകന്നുപോകുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific (sthala) passage; it teaches the inner progression from śāstra-jñāna to direct realization (vijñāna) that reveals Parabrahman/Śiva.
Significance: Frames jñāna→vijñāna as the true ‘inner tīrtha’: realization that removes bheda (separative cognition) and turns the seeker toward Śiva-nature.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that mere conceptual knowledge matures into vijñāna—direct realization of the Supreme (Shiva as Parabrahman)—and with that awakening, the felt separation between self and the Divine is dissolved, leading toward moksha.
Linga and saguna worship function as supports for concentration and purity; through devotion, mantra, and contemplation, the seeker’s jñāna ripens into vijñāna, revealing Shiva beyond form (Parabrahman) and removing the perception of duality.
Sustained japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with dhyāna on Shiva/Linga, supported by Shaiva disciplines such as Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as aids to steadiness and inner realization.