Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 13
स्वस्थता या तु सा बुद्धः प्रसादः परिकीर्तितः । कारणानि च सर्वाणि सबाह्याभ्यंतराणि च
svasthatā yā tu sā buddhaḥ prasādaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | kāraṇāni ca sarvāṇi sabāhyābhyaṃtarāṇi ca
स्वरूपात स्थिर राहणे ही जी स्वस्थता, तिला ज्ञानी ‘प्रसाद’ म्हणजे निर्मळ प्रसन्नता म्हणतात. ती बाह्य व आंतरिक अशी सर्व कारणे समाविष्ट करते.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It defines prasāda as svasthatā—abiding in one’s own nature—indicating a Shaiva ideal of inner clarity where both outer circumstances and inner impulses no longer disturb the seeker.
Linga-worship steadies the mind and turns it inward; through devotion and contemplation, the devotee gains prasāda—serene clarity—seen as Shiva’s grace maturing into inner self-abidance.
Meditative steadiness (dhyāna) supported by Shiva-upāsanā—such as japa of the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—cultivates svasthatā, the calm clarity called prasāda.