Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 8
Śiva-jñāna and the Non-dual Vision of a Śiva-maya Universe (शिवज्ञानम्—सर्वं शिवमयम्)
वस्तुतस्तु स्वयं सर्वं क्रमो हि भासते शुभः । अज्ञानं च मतेर्भेदो नास्त्यन्यच्च द्वयम्पुनः
vastutastu svayaṃ sarvaṃ kramo hi bhāsate śubhaḥ | ajñānaṃ ca materbhedo nāstyanyacca dvayampunaḥ
ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਸਿੱਧ ਹੈ; ਸ਼ੁਭ ਕ੍ਰਮ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਗਿਆਨ ਅਤੇ ਮਤ-ਭੇਦ ਜੋ ਦਿੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਹਕੀਕਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੋਰ ਕੁਝ ਨਹੀਂ—ਫਿਰ ਵੀ ਕੇਵਲ ਕਲਪਿਤ ਦ੍ਵੈਤ ਹੀ ਹੈ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
It teaches that reality is inherently ordered and auspicious, while ignorance and sectarian differences arise from perceived duality; liberation comes by seeing Shiva as the underlying truth beyond mental divisions.
Linga-worship trains the mind to move from outward differences to the one Shiva-principle; Saguna devotion culminates in recognizing the same Shiva as the self-luminous reality behind all appearances.
Steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with inward contemplation reduces mental bheda (divisions); Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa support recollection of Shiva’s ever-present auspicious order.