Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 38
भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins
यथायोग्निसमावेशान्नायो भवति केवलम् । स तथैव मम सान्निध्यान्न ते केवलमानुषाः
yathāyognisamāveśānnāyo bhavati kevalam | sa tathaiva mama sānnidhyānna te kevalamānuṣāḥ
ดุจเหล็กเมื่อถูกไฟซึมซาบแล้ว ย่อมไม่เป็นเพียงเหล็กเท่านั้น; ฉันใด ด้วยความใกล้ชิดแห่งสันนิธิของเรา พวกท่านก็ไม่เป็นเพียงมนุษย์ธรรมดาเท่านั้น ฉันนั้น.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva’s sannidhya (living nearness) transforms the soul’s condition—like iron taking on fire’s qualities—so the devotee rises beyond ordinary, merely human identity through Shiva’s grace.
Linga/Saguna worship is a disciplined way to remain in Shiva’s presence (sannidhya). By steady contact—darśana, pūjā, japa—the devotee becomes ‘Shiva-like’ in purity and awareness, just as iron becomes fire-like when heated.
Maintain Shiva-sannidhya through daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-pūjā, and wearing bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and/or Rudrāksha as constant reminders that the mind should stay ‘heated’ by Shiva-consciousness.