Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
प्रसादसाधनं धर्मस्स च वेदेन दर्शितः । तदभ्यासवशात्साम्यं पूर्वयोः पुण्यपापयोः
prasādasādhanaṃ dharmassa ca vedena darśitaḥ | tadabhyāsavaśātsāmyaṃ pūrvayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ
Dharma ialah sarana untuk meraih prasāda (rahmat) Śiva, dan hal itu ditunjukkan oleh Veda. Dengan mengamalkan dharma yang diajarkan Veda secara tekun, pasangan terdahulu—pahala dan dosa—menjadi seimbang lalu dinetralkan.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Type: rudram
Role: teaching
Offering: dhupa
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It teaches that Śiva’s grace (prasāda) is approached through Veda-rooted dharma, and that sustained practice matures the soul so that karmic opposites (puṇya and pāpa) lose their binding power—supporting liberation in a Shaiva Siddhanta sense through grace and purification.
Veda-guided dharma includes disciplined Śiva-upāsanā—such as Linga worship with right conduct and intention—by which the devotee becomes fit for Śiva’s prasāda; the practice purifies karma so worship is not merely transactional but transformative.
Regular Veda-aligned Śiva practice: daily Linga pūjā, japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and living dharmically; these steady disciplines are implied as the ‘abhyāsa’ that weakens both merit and sin as binding forces.