Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 21
पूजाविधान-व्याख्या (Pūjāvidhāna-vyākhyā) — Exposition of the Procedure of Worship
भ्रूमध्ये च शिवं ध्यायेच्छुद्धदीपशिखाकृतिम् । इत्थमंगे स्वतंत्रे वा योगे ध्यानमये शुभे
bhrūmadhye ca śivaṃ dhyāyecchuddhadīpaśikhākṛtim | itthamaṃge svataṃtre vā yoge dhyānamaye śubhe
မျက်ခုံးနှစ်ဖက်ကြား၌ သီဝကို သန့်ရှင်းသော မီးအိမ်မီးတောက်ပုံသဏ္ဌာန်ဖြင့် စိတ်ကူး၍ ဓ్యာနပြုရမည်။ ဤသို့ သုဘယောဂ—ဓ്യာနအာရုံစူးစိုက်မှုဖြစ်သော ယောဂ၌ အင်္ဂတစ်ခု (နေရာတစ်ခု) ကို အားထား၍လည်းကောင်း၊ သီးခြားလွတ်လပ်စွာ တိုက်ရိုက်ဓ്യာနဖြင့်လည်းကောင်း ကျင့်နိုင်သည်။
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching as a yoga instruction within the Purana’s discourse)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches inner upāsanā: meditating on Śiva as pure consciousness-symbolized by a steady, stainless flame—at the bhrūmadhya, a key yogic center for one-pointedness and awakening of insight leading toward liberation (mokṣa).
The ‘pure lamp-flame’ functions like an inner liṅga (jyoti-liṅga as inner light): a saguna support for meditation that leads the mind toward Śiva’s subtler, transcendent reality, aligning with Shaiva Siddhanta’s path from form-supported worship to higher realization.
A dhyāna practice: focus attention at the space between the eyebrows and contemplate Śiva as a steady, pure flame; it may be done with a supportive yogic ‘aṅga’ (auxiliary focus/limb) or as direct, independent meditation.