Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
दक्षयज्ञोत्तरवृत्तान्तः
Post–Dakṣa-Yajña Developments and the Appeal to Viṣṇu
मुमुक्षुशरणे तस्मिन् महायोगमये वटे । आसीनं ददृशुस्सर्वे शिवं विष्ण्वादयस्सुराः
mumukṣuśaraṇe tasmin mahāyogamaye vaṭe | āsīnaṃ dadṛśussarve śivaṃ viṣṇvādayassurāḥ
Tại đó, dưới cây đa là nơi nương tựa của người cầu giải thoát, thấm nhuần Đại Yoga, chư thiên—đứng đầu là Viṣṇu—đều thấy Śiva đang an tọa trong dáng vẻ tĩnh lặng của thiền định.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: At the mahāyoga-vaṭa—explicitly ‘mumukṣu-śaraṇa’—the devas led by Viṣṇu receive Śiva’s darśana seated in yogic poise, marking the site as a liberation-oriented refuge rather than a pleasure-tīrtha.
Significance: Core message: even the highest devas approach Śiva as the giver of mokṣa; darśana at a ‘mumukṣu-śaraṇa’ kṣetra is portrayed as a catalyst for liberation-seeking and grace.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It portrays Śiva as Mahāyogin and Pati (the liberating Lord), whose presence becomes a “refuge for mumukṣus”; liberation is shown to arise through His grace and yogic stillness, not merely through celestial power.
The verse emphasizes Saguna-darśana—seeing Śiva in a perceivable form seated in yoga—supporting devotional approach to Śiva (including Liṅga worship) as a concrete doorway to realizing the transcendent (nirguṇa) reality He embodies.
Meditate on Śiva as the Mahāyogin—steady posture, inward gaze, and japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”); on Mahāśivarātri, combine this with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as aids to vairāgya and concentration.