Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 63
योगप्रकारनिर्णयः
Classification and Definition of Yoga
निर्वाणानलवद्योगी समाधिस्थः प्रगीयते । न शृणोति न चाघ्राति न जल्पति न पश्यति
nirvāṇānalavadyogī samādhisthaḥ pragīyate | na śṛṇoti na cāghrāti na jalpati na paśyati
Ang yogin na nakatatag sa samādhi ay pinupuri na tulad ng apoy ng nirvāṇa. Siya’y hindi nakaririnig, hindi nakaaamoy; hindi nagsasalita, hindi nakakakita—sapagkat ang panlabas na pandama’y umurong sa panloob na katahimikan.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Āghoramūrti
Role: liberating
FAQs
It describes the hallmark of mature yoga in Shaiva teaching: when the mind rests in samādhi oriented to Pati (Shiva), the senses naturally turn inward, and the yogin becomes steady like a purifying fire that burns bondage (pāśa) and tendencies.
Linga-worship begins with saguna support—form, mantra, and ritual focus—but its inner aim is absorption in Shiva-consciousness. This verse points to that culmination: the worshipper’s awareness becomes one-pointed, and external sense-activity falls away as the inner linga (the sign of Shiva) shines in samādhi.
It implies pratyāhāra and dhyāna leading to samādhi—often supported in Shaiva practice by japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), wearing rudrākṣa, and applying bhasma (tripuṇḍra) to steady devotion and purify the mind for inward withdrawal.