Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 54
पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
कर्मक्षये पुनश्चान्यत्ततो याति स तत्त्वतः । स एवादिस्स्वयं योगनिमित्तं भोक्तृभोगयोः
karmakṣaye punaścānyattato yāti sa tattvataḥ | sa evādissvayaṃ yoganimittaṃ bhoktṛbhogayoḥ
Quando o acúmulo de karma se esgota, a alma então, em verdade, passa a outro estado. Ele, Śiva, o Primordial, é por Si mesmo a causa do yoga e o fundamento tanto do que experiencia quanto do que é experienciado (o desfrutador e o objeto do desfrute).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that transmigration continues until karma is exhausted, and that Śiva as Pati is the ultimate ground enabling yoga and the resolution of the knower-known (bhoktṛ-bhogya) split that binds the soul.
By affirming Śiva as the primordial source behind both experience and the experiencer, it supports Linga-worship as a focused Saguna support that leads the mind toward the truth of Śiva as the inner cause of yoga and liberation.
A practical takeaway is sustained yoga grounded in Śiva—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with meditation on the Linga—aimed at burning karmic residues and stabilizing the witness beyond bhoktṛ-bhogya.