Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 52
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
ध्यानं ज्ञानं च यस्यास्ति तीर्णस्तेन भवार्णवः । हिंसादिदोषनिर्मुक्तो विशुद्धश्चित्तसाधनः । ध्यानयज्ञः परस्तस्मादपवर्गफलप्रदः । बहिः कर्मकरा यद्वन्नातीव फलभागिनः
dhyānaṃ jñānaṃ ca yasyāsti tīrṇastena bhavārṇavaḥ | hiṃsādidoṣanirmukto viśuddhaścittasādhanaḥ | dhyānayajñaḥ parastasmādapavargaphalapradaḥ | bahiḥ karmakarā yadvannātīva phalabhāginaḥ
具足禅观与真实之智者，得以渡越生有之海（bhava-arnava）。远离暴害等过失，成为净化与陶炼心识的清净器具。故以禅为祭（dhyāna-yajña）最为殊胜，能赐解脱之果（apavarga）。外在的仪式之业不过如仆役，难以多分最高之果。
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that liberation (apavarga) is attained primarily through inner discipline—meditation united with right knowledge—by which one crosses saṃsāra and becomes purified of defects like violence.
It prioritizes inner worship: while external rites to Shiva and the Linga are supportive, the highest offering is the inward ‘dhyāna-yajña’ where the mind is purified and fixed on Shiva as the liberating Lord (Pati).
Practice sustained dhyāna with jñāna—ethical purification (non-violence and freedom from दोषs), mental refinement, and inward worship of Shiva; external ritual is secondary and should serve meditation.