Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 37
शिवसंस्कार-दीक्षानिरूपणम् (Śivasaṃskāra and the Typology of Dīkṣā)
तत्तत्त्वं विदितं येन स एवानंददर्शकः । न पुनर्नाममात्रेण संविदारहितस्तु यः
tattattvaṃ viditaṃ yena sa evānaṃdadarśakaḥ | na punarnāmamātreṇa saṃvidārahitastu yaḥ
ആ തത്ത്വം യഥാർത്ഥമായി അറിഞ്ഞവൻ തന്നെയാണ് ആനന്ദദർശി; വെറും പേരുമാത്രം കൊണ്ടല്ല—അന്തര്സംവിദില്ലാത്തവൻ അങ്ങനെ അല്ല।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that liberation-oriented joy arises from direct realization of the supreme truth (Shiva as the ultimate Reality), not from titles, learning, or reputation without inner consciousness.
Linga worship is meant to mature from external identification into inward awareness—seeing Shiva’s presence through the symbol and realizing the truth it points to; mere ritual identity without saṃvid is incomplete.
It implies japa and dhyāna performed with saṃvid—mindful Panchakshara recitation and contemplative absorption—so that practice becomes realization rather than mere outward naming.