Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 60
ध्यानप्रकारनिर्णयः / Determination of the Modes of Meditation
on Śrīkaṇṭha-Śiva
धनं तस्य भजेच्छैवः शैवी चेतस्य सन्ततिः । नास्ति चेत्तच्छिवे दद्यान्नदद्यात्पशुसन्ततिः
dhanaṃ tasya bhajecchaivaḥ śaivī cetasya santatiḥ | nāsti cettacchive dadyānnadadyātpaśusantatiḥ
ശൈവൻ, ശൈവചിത്തമുള്ളവന്റെയും ശിവനിഷ്ഠ സന്തതിയുള്ളവന്റെയും ധനം സ്വീകരിക്കാം. എന്നാൽ അത്തരം ശൈവസന്തതി ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ ആ ധനം ശിവനു അർപ്പിക്കണം; പാശുബന്ധത്തിൽ കഴിയുന്നവർക്കു നൽകരുത്।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga legend; it is a dharma-vidhi about wealth-transfer aligned with śaiva affiliation, distinguishing śaiva lineage from 'paśu' (bound) orientation.
Significance: Encourages directing resources toward Śiva and Śiva-oriented communities; frames non-Śaiva recipients as remaining under pāśa (bondage), hence not the intended channel for śaiva dāna.
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that wealth becomes spiritually fruitful when aligned with Śiva-bhakti: gifts should support devotion to Pati (Śiva) and not reinforce bondage (pāśa) in paśu-like living.
By directing wealth toward Śiva when true Śaiva continuity is absent, the verse prioritizes offering to Saguna Śiva (such as through Liṅga worship, temple service, and Śiva-upacāras) as the safest channel for merit and inner purification.
It implies Śiva-dāna: offering resources for Liṅga-pūjā, abhiṣeka, bhasma/Tripuṇḍra supplies, rudrākṣa, lamps, and support of Śaiva worship—paired with Śiva-smaraṇa and japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).