Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 69
अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace
विद्यायान्तु यथा रौद्राः प्रतिष्ठायां तु वैष्णवाः । निवृत्तौ च तथात्मानो ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मांगयोनयः
vidyāyāntu yathā raudrāḥ pratiṣṭhāyāṃ tu vaiṣṇavāḥ | nivṛttau ca tathātmāno brahmā brahmāṃgayonayaḥ
വിദ്യയുടെ മണ്ഡലത്തിൽ റൗദ്രതത്ത്വങ്ങൾ ആധിപത്യം വഹിക്കുന്നു; പ്രതിഷ്ഠയുടെ മണ്ഡലത്തിൽ വൈഷ്ണവശക്തികൾ പ്രബലമാണ്. നിവൃത്തിമാർഗത്തിൽ ആത്മജ്ഞർ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു; സൃഷ്ടിതത്ത്വത്തിൽ ബ്രഹ്മാ—ബ്രഹ്മന്റെ അംഗങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ചവർ.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It classifies cosmic and spiritual functions: Rudra aligns with transformative knowledge (vidyā), Viṣṇu with sustaining establishment (pratiṣṭhā), and nivṛtti with inward withdrawal toward liberation—indicating that mokṣa is approached through turning within and realizing the Self under Śiva’s grace.
Linga-worship embodies Śiva as both Saguna (worshipable Lord) and the gateway to Nirguna realization; the verse supports this by placing Rudra with vidyā—devotion and contemplation on the Linga mature into liberating knowledge and nivṛtti.
Adopt nivṛtti through japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on the Śiva-liṅga, and Śaiva disciplines like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as supports for inward withdrawal and steady knowledge.