Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32
शैवधर्मप्रशंसा तथा पञ्चविधसाधनविभागः / Praise of Śaiva Dharma and the Fivefold Classification of Practice
यं वेदादौ स्वरं प्राहुर्वाच्यवाचकभावतः । वेदैकवेद्ययाथात्म्याद्वेदान्ते च प्रतिष्ठितः
yaṃ vedādau svaraṃ prāhurvācyavācakabhāvataḥ | vedaikavedyayāthātmyādvedānte ca pratiṣṭhitaḥ
यं वेदादौ स्वरं प्राहु॒रॐकारं वाच्यवाचकभावतः । वेदैकवेद्ययाथात्म्याद्वेदान्ते च प्रतिष्ठितः ॥
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: oṃ
Type: gayatri
Role: teaching
FAQs
It identifies Śiva with “Om,” teaching that the Supreme Lord is both the reality indicated by scripture and the very means by which scripture points to that reality—culminating in Vedānta as the final purport leading to mokṣa.
By declaring Śiva as the Vedic “Om,” the verse supports Saguna worship (like the Liṅga as a sacred sign) as a valid vācaka (indicator) that leads the devotee to the vācya (the indicated Supreme), ultimately realizing Śiva’s transcendent nature.
Meditate on “Om” as Śiva—beginning japa with Om and aligning it with the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplating how the mantra (vācaka) leads the mind to Śiva (vācya).