Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 30
भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins
नास्ति कृत्यमकृत्यं च समाधिर्वा परायणम् । न विधिर्न निषेधश्च तेषां मम यथा तथा
nāsti kṛtyamakṛtyaṃ ca samādhirvā parāyaṇam | na vidhirna niṣedhaśca teṣāṃ mama yathā tathā
వారికి ‘చేయవలసినది’ గానీ ‘చేయకూడనిది’ గానీ లేదు; సమాధి మాత్రమే వారి పరమాశ్రయం కూడా కాదు. వారికి విధి లేదు, నిషేధం లేదు—నాకు ఉన్నట్లే అలాగే.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It points to the liberated Shaiva state where the soul, freed from pāśa (bondage) by Shiva’s grace, transcends karmic obligation—no longer bound by do’s and don’ts—resting in Shiva-like freedom.
Linga-worship and Saguna devotion are powerful means (upāya) while one is under discipline; this verse describes the fruit—when devotion ripens into Shiva-realization, the devotee is no longer constrained by external injunctions, having attained inner union with the Lord.
The verse emphasizes the goal beyond practice, but the implied path is steady Shiva-bhakti with japa (especially the Panchakshara), meditation, and Shaiva observances like bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and Rudraksha until grace matures into liberation.