Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36
स्कन्दसरः (Skandasara) — तीर्थवर्णनम् / Description of the Skandasara Sacred Lake
शैवं धर्मं चैश्वरं ज्ञानयोगं दत्त्वा भूयो देवपार्श्वं जगाम । सनत्कुमारेण च तत्समस्तं व्यासाय साक्षाद्गुरवे ममोक्तम्
śaivaṃ dharmaṃ caiśvaraṃ jñānayogaṃ dattvā bhūyo devapārśvaṃ jagāma | sanatkumāreṇa ca tatsamastaṃ vyāsāya sākṣādgurave mamoktam
ครั้นประทานธรรมะแห่งไศวะและญาณโยคะอันเป็นทิพย์แล้ว เขาก็กลับไปสู่เคียงข้างพระผู้เป็นเจ้า และทั้งหมดนั้นสนะตกุมาระได้กล่าวแก่พระวยาส ผู้เป็นครูโดยตรงของเรา ตามความจริงทุกประการ
Suta Goswami (narrating the transmission of the teaching through Sanatkumara to Vyasa)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Frames Śaiva Dharma as a salvific teaching lineage (guru-paramparā), making śravaṇa/manana of the doctrine itself a ‘tīrtha’.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It highlights that liberation-oriented Śaiva Dharma is not merely belief but a divinely bestowed discipline of jñāna-yoga, preserved through an authentic guru-paramparā (Sanatkumāra → Vyāsa → narration onward).
By calling the teaching “aiśvara” (of Īśvara), it frames practice as directed to the personal Lord (Saguna Shiva) whose grace grants right knowledge; Linga-worship in Śaiva tradition is a primary Saguna focus that matures into liberating insight.
The verse emphasizes receiving Śaiva discipline from a true Guru and applying jñāna-yoga; in practice this is typically supported by daily Shiva-upāsanā such as mantra-japa (e.g., Panchakshara), meditation on Īśvara, and living according to Śaiva dharma.