Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 35
श्रद्धामाहात्म्यं तथा देवीप्रश्नः
The Greatness of Śraddhā and Devī’s Question to Śiva
विजितेंद्रियवर्गस्य यमेन नियमेन च । पूर्वपापहरो योगो विरक्तस्यैव कथ्यते । वैराग्याज्जायते ज्ञानं ज्ञानाद्योगः प्रवर्तते
vijiteṃdriyavargasya yamena niyamena ca | pūrvapāpaharo yogo viraktasyaiva kathyate | vairāgyājjāyate jñānaṃ jñānādyogaḥ pravartate
യമ-നിയമങ്ങളാൽ ഇന്ദ്രിയവൃന്ദത്തെ ജയിച്ച വിരക്തനോടാണ് യോഗം മുൻപാപങ്ങളെ ഹരിക്കുന്നതെന്ന് പറയപ്പെടുന്നത്. വൈരാഗ്യത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ജ്ഞാനം ജനിക്കുന്നു; ജ്ഞാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് യോഗം ദൃഢമായി പ്രവൃത്തിച്ച് മുന്നേറുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Significance: Ethical conquest (yama-niyama) and vairāgya are framed as prerequisites for lifting the veiling power (tirodhāna) that keeps the paśu bound.
FAQs
It presents the Shaiva path of purification: ethical discipline (yama-niyama) steadies the senses, dispassion (vairagya) matures, true knowledge arises, and Yoga becomes a sin-destroying, liberation-oriented practice centered on turning the soul from bondage (pāśa) toward the Lord (Pati).
Sense-control and dispassion make Linga-worship fruitful: the mind becomes fit for steady dhyāna on Saguna Shiva in the Linga, which supports inner Yoga and the rise of right knowledge that leads toward Shiva-realization.
Begin with yama and niyama, then practice daily Shiva-dhyāna with mantra-japa (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to stabilize the senses; as vairagya and jñāna deepen, meditation becomes steady and purifying.