Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 42
अवभृथस्नान-तीर्थयात्रा-तेजोदर्शनम् | Avabhṛtha Bath, Tīrtha-Pilgrimage, and the Vision of Divine Radiance
कथंचिदुष्ट्रता तस्य प्रयत्नेन निवारिता । प्रापितो हि यथापूर्वं सनत्पूर्वां कुमारताम्
kathaṃciduṣṭratā tasya prayatnena nivāritā | prāpito hi yathāpūrvaṃ sanatpūrvāṃ kumāratām
Dengan usaha, keadaan dirinya yang seperti unta itu entah bagaimana telah dibendung; dan sesungguhnya dia dipulihkan seperti dahulu, kembali kepada kemudaan murni Sanatkumāra.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that degraded, tamasic tendencies can be restrained through sustained effort (prayatna), allowing the soul to return toward its original clarity and detachment—an image likened to Sanatkumāra’s pure, ever-youthful spiritual state.
In Shaiva practice, devotion to Saguna Shiva (often through Linga worship) supports inner restraint and purification; the verse points to that transformative discipline by which coarse impulses are checked and the seeker is re-established in sattvic steadiness.
The takeaway is disciplined self-restraint supported by Shaiva sadhana—regular japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Shiva, and purificatory observances like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa when appropriate.