Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 29
अनुग्रह-स्वातन्त्र्य-प्रमाणविचारः | Inquiry into Pramāṇa, Divine Autonomy, and Grace
तच्छासनानुवर्तित्वं साधुभावस्य लक्षणम् । विपरीतसमाधोः स्यान्न सर्वं तत्तु दृश्यते
tacchāsanānuvartitvaṃ sādhubhāvasya lakṣaṇam | viparītasamādhoḥ syānna sarvaṃ tattu dṛśyate
Mengikuti perintah yang benar itu ialah tanda sifat sādhū yang sejati. Namun pada diri orang yang samādhi-nya terbalik (tersasar), hal itu tidak tampak dalam segala segi.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It defines sādhubhāva (the character of a true spiritual person) as faithful alignment with right instruction; mere inner absorption is not reliable if the mind’s contemplation is misdirected away from truth and dharma.
Linga/Saguna-Śiva worship is meant to discipline the mind and conduct according to Śiva’s śāsana; when devotion and ritual are aligned with right teaching, they mature into steady contemplation, rather than becoming a self-willed or distorted ‘samādhi’.
Practice japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with ethical restraint and scriptural discipline; let outer observance (pujā, vrata, purity) and inner meditation agree, so contemplation is not ‘viparīta’ (misaligned).