Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 8
शिवस्य परापरब्रह्मस्वरूपनिर्णयः / Determination of Śiva as Higher and Lower Brahman
यथार्थाकारसंवित्तिर्विद्येति परिकीर्त्यते । विकल्परहितं तत्त्वं परमित्यभिधीयते
yathārthākārasaṃvittirvidyeti parikīrtyate | vikalparahitaṃ tattvaṃ paramityabhidhīyate
യഥാർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ ആകൃതിയോട് ഒത്ത ബോധം ‘വിദ്യ’ എന്നു കീർത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. വികൽപരഹിതമായ തത്ത്വം തന്നെയാണ് ‘പരമം’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നത്.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It defines vidyā as reality-aligned awareness and points seekers toward the Param tattva—ultimate Shiva-principle—known not by speculation but by vikalpa-free realization, supporting liberation through right discernment.
Linga and saguna worship steady the mind and purify cognition so it becomes yathārtha; through such disciplined devotion, the seeker matures toward recognizing the vikalpa-rahita Supreme that the Linga ultimately signifies.
Meditation that reduces vikalpa—japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steady dhyāna on Shiva/Linga—so awareness becomes clear and reality-conformant; supportive Shaiva disciplines like bhasma and rudrāksha may be used as aids to focus.