Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31
प्रणवविभागः—वेदस्वरूपत्वं लिङ्गे च प्रतिष्ठा
The Division of Oṃ, Its Vedic Forms, and Its Placement in the Liṅga
ऐश्वर्याच्चापि मायेयादशुद्धान्मानुषादिकात् । अपराच्च परात्त्याज्यादधिशुद्धाध्वगोचरात्
aiśvaryāccāpi māyeyādaśuddhānmānuṣādikāt | aparācca parāttyājyādadhiśuddhādhvagocarāt
മായയിൽ നിന്നുയരുന്ന, ഐശ്വര്യ-മണ്ഡലത്തിൽപ്പെടുന്ന മനുഷ്യാദി അശുദ്ധാവസ്ഥകൾ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കണം. അധിശുദ്ധാധ്വത്തിന് അതീതമായ പരമത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കാൻ താഴ്ന്നതും ഉയർന്നതുമായ തത്ത്വങ്ങളെയും വിട്ടൊഴിയണം.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches Shaiva Siddhanta discernment (viveka): liberation comes by transcending Māyā’s impure limitations (like embodied human identity) and even the subtler cosmic attainments, resting finally in Shiva (Pati) who is beyond all paths and categories.
Linga-worship begins with Saguna focus to purify the mind and loosen Māyic bonds; this verse points to the culmination where devotion and knowledge mature into recognition of Shiva as transcendent—beyond even the ‘pure’ cosmological levels—while the Linga remains the gateway-symbol of that Supreme.
Practice steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with inner detachment from identity and attainments; support it with Shaiva disciplines like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to renounce Māyā and abide in Shiva.