Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 8
देवस्तुतिः — Hymn of Praise by the Devas
Devastuti
भक्त्यैव ते महेशान बहवस्सिद्धिमागताः । इह सर्वसुखं भुक्त्वा दुःखिता निर्विकारतः
bhaktyaiva te maheśāna bahavassiddhimāgatāḥ | iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā duḥkhitā nirvikārataḥ
ஹே மஹேசானா! பக்தியாலேயே பலர் சித்தியை அடைந்தனர். இவ்வுலகில் எல்லாச் சுகங்களையும் அனுபவித்தும் அவர்கள் துயரால் தீண்டப்படார்—நிலைத்த, மாற்றமற்றவர் போல.
Suta Goswami (narrating the puranic teaching on Shiva-bhakti to the sages)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; it states the fruit of Śiva-bhakti: siddhi (spiritual consummation) and inner nirvikāratā (equanimity) amid worldly experiences.
Significance: Promises a practical pilgrim’s fruit: enjoying lawful worldly goods without bondage, remaining untouched by duḥkha—i.e., movement from paśu under pāśa toward grace-bestowed freedom.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It declares Shiva-bhakti as the direct cause of siddhi: devotion ripens the soul into inner steadiness, so worldly experiences no longer produce bondage through pleasure or pain.
Devotion to Maheśvara in a worshipful form (such as the Śiva-liṅga) purifies the devotee’s mind; through that grace, one lives in the world yet remains unaffected, moving toward liberation.
Single-pointed bhakti expressed through daily Śiva-pūjā—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a calm, even-minded attitude—so the mind becomes nirvikāra amid all experiences.