Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
प्रसादपूर्विका एव पशोस्सर्वत्र सिद्धयः । स एव साधनैरन्ते सर्वैरपि च साध्यते
prasādapūrvikā eva paśossarvatra siddhayaḥ | sa eva sādhanairante sarvairapi ca sādhyate
പശു (ബന്ധിത ജീവൻ)ക്ക് സർവത്ര ലഭിക്കുന്ന എല്ലാ സിദ്ധികളും (പ്രഭുവിന്റെ) പ്രസാദപൂർവകമാണ്. അവസാനം, എല്ലാ സാധനങ്ങളാലും സാദ്ധ്യമാകുന്നതും അവൻ ഒരുത്തനേ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that for the paśu (the individual soul bound by pāśa), both worldly and spiritual successes arise only when Shiva’s prasāda (grace) is present; and the highest fruit of all practice is realization of Shiva as Pati.
Linga-worship and Saguna devotion are effective not merely as techniques, but because they invite Shiva’s grace; the verse frames all worship as culminating in Shiva Himself, not in secondary powers.
Undertake sādhana—such as japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-pūjā with bhakti, and Shaiva disciplines like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa—while keeping the focus on seeking Shiva’s grace rather than siddhis.