Sūta said: All these enlightened souls will be the devotees of Śiva and will have their bodies smeared with ashes. They will be perpetually engaged in worshipping Liṅga. They will be steadfast and firm in body and the mind. With devotion towards me and by means of yoga they will be established in meditation and acquire self-control. The great Pāśupata yoga can snap worldly ties and illuminate the path of knowledge. It is also conducive to Real knowledge. There are several paths of yoga and several paths of knowledge. But without taking recourse to the five-syllabled Mantra[28] one cannot attain eternal bliss. When a person performs penance eschewing Dvandvas (mutually clashing opposites) he can become a liberated soul, as one who has attained the ripe fruit. Even if a man performs Pāśupata rite for a single day he can obtain fruits, the like of which he cannot have either by Pañcarātra[29] or Sāṅkhya.