Shiva Purana — Vidyesvara Samhita, Shloka 41
Śivakṣetra–Tīrtha–Māhātmya
The Salvific Function of Shiva’s Sacred Domains
बीजांशश्चैव वृद्ध्यंशो भोगांशः पुण्यपापयोः । ज्ञाननाश्यो हि बीजांशो वृद्धिरुक्तप्रकारतः
bījāṃśaścaiva vṛddhyaṃśo bhogāṃśaḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ | jñānanāśyo hi bījāṃśo vṛddhiruktaprakārataḥ
Sa kabutihan at kasamaan, may “bahaging binhi,” “bahaging paglago,” at “bahaging pagdanas ng bunga.” Ang bahaging binhi ay napapawi ng mapagpalayang kaalaman (jñāna), samantalang ang bahaging paglago ay umuusad ayon sa paraang naipaliwanag na.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Īśāna
FAQs
It distinguishes karma into latent ‘seed’, its ‘growth’, and its ‘experienced fruit’, teaching that Shaiva liberating knowledge burns the karmic seed so bondage cannot regenerate, even if some momentum of experience may still appear.
Linga-worship in the Vidyeshvara context is a disciplined approach to Saguna Shiva that matures devotion into right knowledge; that jñāna is said here to destroy the ‘seed’ of puṇya-pāpa, leading the soul toward Pati (Shiva) beyond bondage.
Steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with Linga-dhyāna and Shaiva contemplation is implied as the means to awaken jñāna that burns the bīja (latent karmic seed).