Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28
नैमित्तिकविधिक्रमः
Occasional Rites and Their Procedure
अण्डस्यांतर्बहिर्वाथ सकृदावर्तते पुनः । ततो लब्ध्वा शिवज्ञानं परां भक्तिमवाप्य च
aṇḍasyāṃtarbahirvātha sakṛdāvartate punaḥ | tato labdhvā śivajñānaṃ parāṃ bhaktimavāpya ca
अण्डस्यान्तर्बहिर्वाथ सकृदावर्तते पुनः। ततो लब्ध्वा शिवज्ञानं परां भक्तिमवाप्य च॥
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Frames liberation as arising from Śiva-jñāna and parā-bhakti under grace; applicable to any Śiva-kṣetra as the inner ‘tīrtha’ of realization.
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: Brahmāṇḍa-cakra imagery: the jīva’s ‘circuit’ within/without the cosmic egg, suggesting saṃsāric revolution culminating in Śiva-jñāna.
FAQs
It presents the Shaiva Siddhanta sequence: disciplined spiritual movement and purification culminate in Śiva-jñāna (knowledge of Pati), which naturally ripens into parā-bhakti, becoming the direct means for release from pāśa (bondage) through Śiva’s grace.
Though the verse speaks of inner realization, the Shiva Purana frames Śiva-jñāna as supported by Saguna upāsanā—especially Linga worship—through which devotion becomes steady and matures into the direct recognition of Śiva as the supreme Lord beyond the cosmos.
The implied practice is continuous sādhana that integrates japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with contemplative awareness of Śiva’s presence within and beyond creation; such practice stabilizes devotion and opens the way to Śiva-jñāna.