Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 21
अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace
भोगः कर्मविपाकात्मा सुखदुःखात्मको मतः । न च कर्म शिवो ऽस्तीति तस्य भोगः किमात्मकः
bhogaḥ karmavipākātmā sukhaduḥkhātmako mataḥ | na ca karma śivo 'stīti tasya bhogaḥ kimātmakaḥ
Pengalaman (bhoga) difahami sebagai buah masak karma, berwujud suka dan duka. Namun kerana Śiva sama sekali tidak tertakluk kepada karma, maka apakah sifat “pengalaman” bagi-Nya?
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya philosophical discourse to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It clarifies a core Shaiva Siddhanta point: pleasure and pain arise from karmic fruition for bound souls (paśu), but Shiva (Pati) is untouched by karma; therefore His “experience” is not like embodied enjoyment or suffering.
Linga/Saguna worship helps devotees approach the transcendent Shiva who is beyond karma; by devotion and grace, the soul’s karmic bondage is purified, while Shiva remains ever pure and unaffected.
Meditate on Shiva as karma-free (niṣkriya/akartā in the sense of being untouched by bondage) while repeating the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to seek purification of karmic fruition and movement toward moksha.