Shloka 26
शिवपुराण-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Śiva Purāṇa) / Śivapurāṇa Māhātmya
अधीतेषु च शास्त्रेषु वेदेषु व्याकृतेषु च । यत्फलं दुर्लभं लोके तत्फलं तस्य संभवेत्
adhīteṣu ca śāstreṣu vedeṣu vyākṛteṣu ca | yatphalaṃ durlabhaṃ loke tatphalaṃ tasya saṃbhavet
ด้วยการศึกษาศาสตรและพระเวท และชำนาญในคำสอนที่อธิบายแจกแจงแล้ว ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ผลอันหาได้ยากยิ่งในโลกนี้
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Frames śāstra-adhyayana as a rare human attainment; in Śaiva Siddhānta, right knowledge (jñāna) ripens the soul (paśu) toward Śiva’s grace (anugraha).
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that genuine scriptural learning—understood and internalized—yields a rare spiritual fruit in worldly life: the rise of higher wisdom that supports liberation and devotion to Shiva (Pati) over bondage (pāśa).
In the Vidyeshvara context, study is not mere scholarship; it matures into right understanding that culminates in Shiva-upāsanā—especially Linga worship—where knowledge becomes devotion and devotion becomes a means to grace.
Regular svādhyāya (sacred study) paired with japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) is implied as the practical takeaway—turning learned meaning into steady remembrance of Shiva.