Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36
पूजास्थानशुद्धिः पात्रशोधनं च — Purification of the Worship-Space and Preparation of Ritual Vessels
भक्तानामप्रयत्नेन दृश्यमीश्वरमव्ययम् । ब्रह्मेंद्रविष्णुरुद्राद्यैरपि देवैरगोचरम्
bhaktānāmaprayatnena dṛśyamīśvaramavyayam | brahmeṃdraviṣṇurudrādyairapi devairagocaram
สำหรับผู้ภักดี พระผู้เป็นเจ้าอันไม่เสื่อมสลายทรงปรากฏได้แม้ไม่ต้องเพียรหนัก; แต่แม้แก่เหล่าเทพ—พรหม อินทร์ วิษณุ รุทร และอื่น ๆ—พระองค์ก็ยังเกินวิสัยจะหยั่งถึง।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Establishes bhakti as the privileged means of access: devotees receive direct ‘visibility’ (darśana) by grace, surpassing even deva-level cognition—encouraging humility and surrender at any shrine.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva, though transcendent and beyond sensory reach, freely grants direct experience (darshana) to devotees; bhakti becomes the decisive means of grace, surpassing status or power.
Though the Lord is ultimately beyond all grasp, the devotee approaches Him through accessible forms—such as Linga worship and other saguna supports—through which Shiva’s grace matures into direct realization.
Single-pointed bhakti supported by japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya) and regular Linga-puja is implied as the “effortless” path—where grace, not strain, culminates in Shiva’s vision.