Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra
Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms
किंचित्कर्तृत्त्त्वहेतुस्स्यात्किंचित्तत्त्वैकसाधनम् । सा तु विद्या भवेद्रागो विषयेष्वनुरंजकः
kiṃcitkartṛtttvahetussyātkiṃcittattvaikasādhanam | sā tu vidyā bhavedrāgo viṣayeṣvanuraṃjakaḥ
کچھ (علم) احساسِ کرتَریتْو کا سبب بنتا ہے اور کچھ حقیقتِ تَتْو کے ادراک کا واحد وسیلہ۔ وہی ودیا ہے؛ اور راگ وہ دل بستگی ہے جو موضوعاتِ حس میں رغبت اور چمٹاؤ پیدا کرتی ہے۔
Lord Shiva (teaching in the Kailāsa-saṃhitā discourse)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
It distinguishes binding cognition that inflates “I am the doer” from liberating Vidyā that leads to tattva-realization; in Shaiva Siddhanta this supports turning from pāśa (bondage like rāga) toward Pati (Shiva) through true knowledge.
Linga/Saguna Shiva worship is meant to purify rāga and kartṛtva-bhāva; when devotion matures, it becomes Vidyā—an inward means to recognize Shiva as the inner Reality beyond mere object-oriented attachment.
Practice japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with bhāva of surrender, and use Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa as reminders to drop doership and restrain attachment to viṣayas.