Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
प्रसादसाधनं धर्मस्स च वेदेन दर्शितः । तदभ्यासवशात्साम्यं पूर्वयोः पुण्यपापयोः
prasādasādhanaṃ dharmassa ca vedena darśitaḥ | tadabhyāsavaśātsāmyaṃ pūrvayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ
O dharma é o meio de alcançar a graça (prasāda) de Śiva, e isso é de fato mostrado pelo Veda. Pela prática constante desse dharma ensinado pelo Veda, o par anterior—mérito e demérito—chega à igualdade e é neutralizado.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Type: rudram
Role: teaching
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva’s grace (prasāda) is approached through Veda-rooted dharma, and that sustained practice matures the soul so that karmic opposites (puṇya and pāpa) lose their binding power—supporting liberation in a Shaiva Siddhanta sense through grace and purification.
Veda-guided dharma includes disciplined Śiva-upāsanā—such as Linga worship with right conduct and intention—by which the devotee becomes fit for Śiva’s prasāda; the practice purifies karma so worship is not merely transactional but transformative.
Regular Veda-aligned Śiva practice: daily Linga pūjā, japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and living dharmically; these steady disciplines are implied as the ‘abhyāsa’ that weakens both merit and sin as binding forces.