Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 64
योगप्रकारनिर्णयः
Classification and Definition of Yoga
न च स्पर्शं विजानाति न संकल्पयते मनः । नवाभिमन्यते किंचिद्बध्यते न च काष्टवत्
na ca sparśaṃ vijānāti na saṃkalpayate manaḥ | navābhimanyate kiṃcidbadhyate na ca kāṣṭavat
Ele já não percebe o contato do tato; a mente não forma construções nem intenções. Não se apropria de nada como “meu”, e ainda assim não fica preso—nem se torna inerte como um pedaço de madeira.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It defines the mark of inner liberation: the yogin’s consciousness is free from sense-driven compulsion and egoic appropriation (abhimāna), yet he remains awake and functional—freedom is not dullness but Shiva-oriented clarity.
Linga-worship trains the mind to rest in Shiva as Pati (the Lord) rather than in objects as possessions; as devotion matures, saṅkalpa and ‘mine-ness’ weaken, and the devotee lives in the world without bondage while honoring Saguna Shiva as the doorway to the transcendent.
Meditative restraint of saṅkalpa through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady Linga-dhyāna is implied; the practical takeaway is to observe sense-contact without grasping, offering all experiences to Shiva.