Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 54
पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
कर्मक्षये पुनश्चान्यत्ततो याति स तत्त्वतः । स एवादिस्स्वयं योगनिमित्तं भोक्तृभोगयोः
karmakṣaye punaścānyattato yāti sa tattvataḥ | sa evādissvayaṃ yoganimittaṃ bhoktṛbhogayoḥ
Apabila timbunan karma telah habis, jiwa itu benar-benar berpindah ke keadaan yang lain. Dialah Śiva, Yang Purba, yang sendiri menjadi sebab yoga, serta menjadi landasan bagi kedua-duanya: yang mengalami dan yang dialami (penikmat dan yang dinikmati).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that transmigration continues until karma is exhausted, and that Śiva as Pati is the ultimate ground enabling yoga and the resolution of the knower-known (bhoktṛ-bhogya) split that binds the soul.
By affirming Śiva as the primordial source behind both experience and the experiencer, it supports Linga-worship as a focused Saguna support that leads the mind toward the truth of Śiva as the inner cause of yoga and liberation.
A practical takeaway is sustained yoga grounded in Śiva—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with meditation on the Linga—aimed at burning karmic residues and stabilizing the witness beyond bhoktṛ-bhogya.