सिद्धान्तशिखामणि (शिवयोगी रेणुकाचार्य - वीरशैव षट्स्थल दर्शन एवं शक्तिविशिष्टाद्वैत महाग्रन्थ)

148 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
the embodied Souls who are afflicted by the disease of birth
(and death). (48)
शिवभक्तिविहीनस्य सुकृतं चापि निष्फलम्।
विपरीतफलं च स्याद् दक्षस्यापि महाध्वरे ।।४९।।
Even the good deed of a person who is bereft of
devotion to Śiva, is without fruit. In the great sacrifice of
even Dakṣa, it had an opposite fruit. (49)
अत्यन्तपापकर्मापि शिवभक्त्या विशुद्ध्यति।
चण्डो यथा पुरा भक्त्या पितृहाऽपि शिवोऽभवत् ।।५०।।
Even he who is of extremely sinful deed would be
purified by devotion to Śiva. In the past even Caṇḍa who had
killed his father, became Śiva himself due to devotion. (50)
सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वापि शिवभक्तस्य नास्ति हि।
शिवभक्तिविहीनानां कर्मपाशनिबन्धनम् ।।५१।।
In the case of a devotee of Śiva, there is neither merit
nor sin. For those who are without devotion to Śiva, there is
bondage by the bonds of Karma. (51)
शिवाश्रितानां जन्तूनां कर्मणा नास्ति सङ्गमः।
वाजिनां दिननाथस्य कथं तिमिरजं भयम् ।।५२।।
निरोद्धुं न क्षमं कर्म शिवभक्तान् विशृङ्खलान्।
कथं मत्तगजान् रुन्ध्येच्छृङ्खला बिसतन्तुजा ।।५३।।
There is no association of the beings who are devoted to
Śiva (have resorted to Śiva) with Karma. How can there be
any fear of darkness for the horses of the sun? The fruit of
deed has no power to control the devotees of Śiva who are
ever free from chains. How can the chain made of lotus fibre
put a stop to the intoxicated elephants? (52-53)
ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वापि वैश्यो वा शूद्र एव वा।
Śivayogi Śivācārya's tradition : His Birth-place 149
अन्त्यजो वा शिवे भक्तः शिववन्मान्य एव सः ।।५४।।
Whether he is a Brāhmaṇa or a Kṣatriya or a Vaiśya or a
Śūdra, or even the lowest in society, he who is a devotee of
Śiva is as respectable as Śiva himself. (54)
शिवभक्तिसमावेशे क्व जातिपरिकल्पना।
इन्धनेष्वग्निदग्धेषु को वा भेदः प्रकीर्त्यते ।।५५।।
Whence can there be any idea of castes when the
devotion of Śiva has pervaded them? When the sticks (of
various kinds) are burnt in fire, what difference can be
pointed out among them? (55)
शुद्धा नियमसंयुक्ताः शिवार्पितफलागमाः।
अर्चयन्ति शिवं लोके विज्ञेयास्ते गणेश्वराः ।।५६।।
Those who are pure, who are endowed with śaiva
practices, who dedicate the fruits of action to Śiva and who
worship Śiva, should be regarded as the lords of Gaṇas
(Rudras). (56)
गुरुलिङ्गादिमाहात्म्यबोधा-न्वेषणसङ्गतः।
सर्वात्मना शिवापत्तिः शरणस्थानमुच्यते ।।५७।।
The total surrender to Śiva through the association with
the search leading to the realisation of the greatness of the
Guru, the Liṅga and the Jaṅgama, is said to be the state of a
Śaraṇa. (57)
ब्रह्मादिविबुधान् सर्वान् मुक्त्वा प्राकृतवैभवान्।
प्रपद्यते शिवं यत्तु शरणं तदुदाहृतम् ।।५८।।
That total surrender to Śiva by rejecting all gods
starting from Brahman as endowed with transitory wealth, is
said to be Śaraṇasthala (the state of a Śaraṇa). (58)
शरण्यः सर्वभूतानां शङ्करः शशिशेखरः।