Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28
भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins
विरक्ता वानुरक्ता वा स्त्र्यादीनां विषयेष्वपि । पापैर्न ते विलिंपंते १ पद्मपत्रमिवांभसा
viraktā vānuraktā vā stryādīnāṃ viṣayeṣvapi | pāpairna te viliṃpaṃte 1 padmapatramivāṃbhasā
कोणी विरक्त असो वा स्त्रीआदि विषयांत अनुरक्तही असो, पाप त्याला लिप्त करत नाहीत—जसे कमळपानावर पाणी चिकटत नाही.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
FAQs
It teaches that one established in Shiva-oriented awareness is not inwardly stained by pāpa, even while living amid worldly conditions—like water rolling off a lotus leaf—signifying freedom from bondage (pāśa) and movement toward moksha.
Linga/Saguna Shiva worship trains the mind to rest in Pati (Shiva) rather than in objects; when devotion and surrender mature, actions no longer bind, and impurities do not ‘stick’ to the devotee’s consciousness.
Maintain daily Shiva-smarana through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady dhyāna; this inner anchoring supports living in the world without being psychologically ‘smeared’ by attachment.