Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7
शिवज्ञान-प्रश्नः तथा सृष्टौ शिवस्य स्वयमाविर्भावः
Inquiry into Śiva-knowledge and Śiva’s self-manifestation in creation
गुरुप्रसादजं दिव्यमनायासेन मुक्तिदम् । कथयिष्ये समासेन तस्य शक्यो न विस्तरः
guruprasādajaṃ divyamanāyāsena muktidam | kathayiṣye samāsena tasya śakyo na vistaraḥ
गुरुकृपेने उत्पन्न झालेले हे दिव्य उपदेश अनायासेच मोक्ष देणारे आहे। याचा विस्तार सांगणे शक्य नाही; म्हणून मी संक्षेपाने कथन करीन।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse exalts Guruprasāda as the decisive power by which divine knowledge becomes effective, making moksha attainable not by mere personal exertion alone but through Shiva’s grace flowing via the Guru—central to Shaiva Siddhanta’s emphasis on anugraha (saving grace).
It frames all Shaiva practice—Linga worship, mantra, and devotion—as fruitful when received and performed under the Guru’s guidance and grace, through which Saguna worship matures into liberating realization of Shiva as Pati (the Lord) who bestows anugraha.
The implied practice is disciplined sādhana under a competent Guru—especially japa and dhyāna of Shiva (commonly the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—so that grace-born understanding becomes liberation-giving rather than remaining only intellectual.