Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 39
श्रद्धामाहात्म्यं तथा देवीप्रश्नः
The Greatness of Śraddhā and Devī’s Question to Śiva
अध्यापनं चाध्ययनं यजनं याजनं तथा । ध्यानमीश्वरभावश्च सततं ज्ञानशीलता । य एवं वर्तते विप्रो ज्ञानयोगस्य सिद्धये । अचिरादेव विज्ञानं लब्ध्वा योगं च विंदति । दग्ध्वा देहमिमं ज्ञानी क्षणाज्ज्ञानाग्निना प्रिये
adhyāpanaṃ cādhyayanaṃ yajanaṃ yājanaṃ tathā | dhyānamīśvarabhāvaśca satataṃ jñānaśīlatā | ya evaṃ vartate vipro jñānayogasya siddhaye | acirādeva vijñānaṃ labdhvā yogaṃ ca viṃdati | dagdhvā dehamimaṃ jñānī kṣaṇājjñānāgninā priye
教授与研习，行祭并为他人主祭，又复禅观，恒住于主之临在之感（īśvara-bhāva），并常怀对圣智不移之性——婆罗门若如是而行，以成就智瑜伽（jñāna-yoga），不久便得证悟之识（vijñāna），并获瑜伽。噢， प्रिय者，智者如以智慧之火刹那焚尽此具身之境，遂得解脱。
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Frames orthodox duties (adhyāpana, adhyayana, yajana, yājana) as preparatory purification, but culminates in vijñāna and yoga—an inner ‘tīrtha’ of knowledge-fire that liberates.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It presents a Shaiva Siddhanta-aligned discipline where scriptural learning, worshipful duty, meditation, and constant God-consciousness mature into vijñāna (realized knowledge) that burns bondage and leads to moksha under the grace and presence of Pati (Shiva).
The verse links outer dharma (yajana—ritual worship) with inner dhyāna and īśvara-bhāva, showing how Saguna worship (including Linga-upāsanā) becomes a support for purification and steady contemplation, culminating in liberating knowledge.
Regular worship (yajana) combined with meditation (dhyāna) and continuous īśvara-bhāva is emphasized; in practice this aligns with daily Shiva-pūjā, japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and contemplative remembrance that transforms conduct into jñāna-yoga.