Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 38
Śiva-jñāna and the Non-dual Vision of a Śiva-maya Universe (शिवज्ञानम्—सर्वं शिवमयम्)
इति मे विविधं वाक्यमृषीणां च समागतैः । निश्चित्य कथितं विप्रा धिया धार्यं प्रयत्नतः
iti me vividhaṃ vākyamṛṣīṇāṃ ca samāgataiḥ | niścitya kathitaṃ viprā dhiyā dhāryaṃ prayatnataḥ
“ဤသို့ပင် စုဝေးလာသော ရှင်ရသီများနှင့် အတူ ဆင်ခြင်ဆုံးဖြတ်ပြီး မျိုးစုံသော စကားတို့ကို ငါ ပြောခဲ့သည်။ အို ဗြာဟ္မဏတို့၊ ဤအရာကို စိတ်ဉာဏ်၌ မာန်မာန်တည်စေ၍ ကြိုးစားအားထုတ်ကာ ထိန်းသိမ်းကြလော့။”
Suta Goswami
Significance: Frames the teaching as a consensus of sages and to be firmly retained—supporting śravaṇa-manana-nididhyāsana as the inner ‘pilgrimage’ of assimilation.
FAQs
It emphasizes śravaṇa (listening) followed by niścaya (clear ascertainment) and dhāraṇā (retention): Shiva’s teachings become fruitful when the seeker firmly holds them in the intellect and lives them with steady effort.
Kotirudra Saṃhitā commonly teaches devotion through sacred narratives and tīrtha-mahātmyas; this verse functions as a directive to internalize those instructions so that external worship of the Liṅga matures into stable, faithful practice and inner orientation to Pati (Shiva).
The practical takeaway is disciplined remembrance: regularly recite and contemplate Shiva-teachings (including japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and retain them with steady effort as a daily vrata-like discipline.