Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 32
अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य
The Greatness of Avimukta–Vārāṇasī and Viśveśvara
जन्मांतरसहस्रेषु जन्म योगी समाप्नुयात् । तदिहैव परं मोक्षं मरणादधिगच्छति
janmāṃtarasahasreṣu janma yogī samāpnuyāt | tadihaiva paraṃ mokṣaṃ maraṇādadhigacchati
“Pagkaraan ng libu-libong magkakasunod na kapanganakan, saka pa lamang maaaring makamtan ang pagsilang bilang yogin; ngunit ang sinumang magtamo ng pagkabatid na nakatuon kay Śiva dito mismo, ay aabot sa sukdulang mokṣa pagkapanaog ng kamatayan.”
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It stresses the rarity of a true yogic, Shiva-centered human birth and teaches that when realization is secured in this very life, liberation becomes certain—attained as the soul departs the body.
In the Kotirudra context (Jyotirlinga glory), Saguna Shiva worship—Linga-darshana, mantra, and pilgrimage—purifies the bound soul (paśu) and ripens it for Shiva-realization, so that at death it reaches the supreme state rather than returning to rebirth.
The takeaway is steady Shiva-yoga: regular japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Shiva (often through the Linga), and a disciplined life that makes liberation assured at life’s end.