Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36
स्कन्दसरः (Skandasara) — तीर्थवर्णनम् / Description of the Skandasara Sacred Lake
शैवं धर्मं चैश्वरं ज्ञानयोगं दत्त्वा भूयो देवपार्श्वं जगाम । सनत्कुमारेण च तत्समस्तं व्यासाय साक्षाद्गुरवे ममोक्तम्
śaivaṃ dharmaṃ caiśvaraṃ jñānayogaṃ dattvā bhūyo devapārśvaṃ jagāma | sanatkumāreṇa ca tatsamastaṃ vyāsāya sākṣādgurave mamoktam
شَیو دھرم اور ربّانی جِنان-یوگ عطا کرکے وہ پھر دیو کے پہلو میں جا پہنچا۔ اور یہ سب سَنَتکُمار نے میرے براہِ راست گرو، ویاس، سے بعینہٖ اور حقیقت کے مطابق کہا۔
Suta Goswami (narrating the transmission of the teaching through Sanatkumara to Vyasa)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Frames Śaiva Dharma as a salvific teaching lineage (guru-paramparā), making śravaṇa/manana of the doctrine itself a ‘tīrtha’.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It highlights that liberation-oriented Śaiva Dharma is not merely belief but a divinely bestowed discipline of jñāna-yoga, preserved through an authentic guru-paramparā (Sanatkumāra → Vyāsa → narration onward).
By calling the teaching “aiśvara” (of Īśvara), it frames practice as directed to the personal Lord (Saguna Shiva) whose grace grants right knowledge; Linga-worship in Śaiva tradition is a primary Saguna focus that matures into liberating insight.
The verse emphasizes receiving Śaiva discipline from a true Guru and applying jñāna-yoga; in practice this is typically supported by daily Shiva-upāsanā such as mantra-japa (e.g., Panchakshara), meditation on Īśvara, and living according to Śaiva dharma.