Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 8
शिवसंस्कार-दीक्षानिरूपणम् (Śivasaṃskāra and the Typology of Dīkṣā)
सा दीक्षा शांभवी प्रोक्ता सा पुनर्भिद्यते द्विधा । तीव्रा तीव्रतरा चेति पाशो पक्षयभेदतः
sā dīkṣā śāṃbhavī proktā sā punarbhidyate dvidhā | tīvrā tīvratarā ceti pāśo pakṣayabhedataḥ
此灌顶被宣说为“商婆毗”（Śāmbhavī），属于商婆呼（Śambhu，即湿婆）。复又分为二类：称为“强烈”与“更强烈”，依于缚索（pāśa，系缚）之状态，以及其衰弱与断灭的差别而立。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva’s grace operates through Śāmbhavī dīkṣā, and that liberation depends on how strongly the bonds (pāśa)—karmic and impurity-based fetters—are weakened and finally destroyed.
Śāmbhavī dīkṣā authorizes and empowers Śaiva worship—especially Linga-upāsanā and mantra—so the devotee’s relationship with Saguna Śiva becomes a means for pāśa-kṣaya (dissolution of bondage) leading toward realization of Pati (Śiva).
Seek Śaiva dīkṣā under a competent guru and sustain daily mantra-japa (notably the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) along with Śiva-pūjā; these are presented as practical means by which the fetters are progressively weakened.