Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 28
Śiva-jñāna and the Non-dual Vision of a Śiva-maya Universe (शिवज्ञानम्—सर्वं शिवमयम्)
तदाहंकारनिर्मुक्तो जीवो निर्मलबुद्धिमान् । शङ्करस्य प्रसादेन प्रयाति शङ्करताम्पुनः
tadāhaṃkāranirmukto jīvo nirmalabuddhimān | śaṅkarasya prasādena prayāti śaṅkaratāmpunaḥ
Kung magkagayon, ang jīva na napalaya sa pagkamakasarili at may isip na dalisay at walang dungis, sa biyaya ni Śaṅkara ay muling nakakamit ang kalagayan ni Śaṅkara—ang pakikiisa sa mapagpalang kalikasan ng Panginoon.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that liberation is not merely self-effort: when egoism (ahaṃkāra) falls away and the intellect becomes pure, Śiva’s grace (prasāda) completes the soul’s return to the auspicious Shiva-state (śaṅkaratā).
In the Kotirudra context of Jyotirliṅga devotion, worship of Saguna Śiva (as Śaṅkara in the Liṅga) ripens into inner purification; through that devotion and His prasāda, the jīva is led beyond ego into union with Śiva’s auspicious reality.
A practical takeaway is steady Śiva-bhakti with ego-reducing discipline—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Śiva, and living with humility—so the buddhi becomes nirmala and fit to receive Śaṅkara’s grace.