Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 26
पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
वेदाहमेनमजरं पुराणं सर्वगं विभुम् । निरोधं जन्मनो यस्य वदंति ब्रह्मवादिनः
vedāhamenamajaraṃ purāṇaṃ sarvagaṃ vibhum | nirodhaṃ janmano yasya vadaṃti brahmavādinaḥ
ഞാൻ അവനെ അറിയുന്നു—അജരൻ, പുരാതനൻ, സർവ്വഗൻ, വിഭു; ബ്രഹ്മവാദികൾ പറയുന്നു: അവനു ജന്മത്തിന്റെ നിരോധമുണ്ട്, കാരണം ദേഹഭവത്തിന്റെ നിർബന്ധത്തിന് അതീതനാണ് അവൻ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It presents Shiva as the unborn, undecaying, all-pervading Lord (Pati) whose realization ends the cycle of birth; liberation is described as the ‘nirodha’ of samsaric becoming.
Linga-worship is a Saguna support for meditation, guiding the devotee to recognize the same Shiva as the formless, all-pervading reality who is beyond birth and decay.
Meditate on Shiva as sarvagata (all-pervading) and repeat the Panchakshara mantra ‘Om Namaḥ Śivāya’ with yogic restraint (nirodha) to loosen bondage (pāśa) and orient the mind toward moksha.