Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7
काम्यकर्मविभागः — Taxonomy of Kāmya (Desire-Motivated) Śaiva Rites
अथ वक्ष्यामि काम्यं हि चेहामुत्र फलप्रदम् । शैवैर्माहेश्वरैश्चैव कार्यमंतर्बहिः क्रमात्
atha vakṣyāmi kāmyaṃ hi cehāmutra phalapradam | śaivairmāheśvaraiścaiva kāryamaṃtarbahiḥ kramāt
Kini Aku akan menerangkan amalan kāmya yang mengurniakan hasil di dunia ini dan di alam kemudian. Ia hendaklah diamalkan oleh para Śaiva dan Māheśvara, menurut tertib, secara batin dan zahir.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: General: Śaiva-Māheśvara discipline promising bhukti (iha) and auspicious gati (amutra), culminating (when purified) in Śiva’s grace.
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that Shaiva practice is complete only when outer observance (puja, vrata, purity) is joined with inner worship (bhava, japa, meditation), yielding both worldly well-being and spiritual upliftment toward Shiva’s grace.
“Outwardly” points to Saguna worship such as Linga-puja with offerings and prescribed order, while “inwardly” points to recognizing Shiva within through mantra and contemplation—two complementary modes central to Shaiva Siddhanta.
It implies a structured Shaiva sadhana: external worship (Linga-puja, observances) together with internal practice (Panchakshara japa like Om Namaḥ Śivāya and meditative recollection of Shiva), performed step-by-step (kramāt).