Shloka 26
शिवपुराण-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Śiva Purāṇa) / Śivapurāṇa Māhātmya
अधीतेषु च शास्त्रेषु वेदेषु व्याकृतेषु च । यत्फलं दुर्लभं लोके तत्फलं तस्य संभवेत्
adhīteṣu ca śāstreṣu vedeṣu vyākṛteṣu ca | yatphalaṃ durlabhaṃ loke tatphalaṃ tasya saṃbhavet
شاستروں اور ویدوں کا مطالعہ اور ان کی واضح تعلیمات میں مہارت سے، جو پھل دنیا میں نایاب ہے وہی اسے حاصل ہو جاتا ہے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Frames śāstra-adhyayana as a rare human attainment; in Śaiva Siddhānta, right knowledge (jñāna) ripens the soul (paśu) toward Śiva’s grace (anugraha).
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that genuine scriptural learning—understood and internalized—yields a rare spiritual fruit in worldly life: the rise of higher wisdom that supports liberation and devotion to Shiva (Pati) over bondage (pāśa).
In the Vidyeshvara context, study is not mere scholarship; it matures into right understanding that culminates in Shiva-upāsanā—especially Linga worship—where knowledge becomes devotion and devotion becomes a means to grace.
Regular svādhyāya (sacred study) paired with japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) is implied as the practical takeaway—turning learned meaning into steady remembrance of Shiva.