Sambhava Deeksha is the primary and auxiliary initiation given to aspirants simultaneously. These auxiliary initiations are performed together to those who are given the primary initiation and separately to those who are not given the primary initiation. The nature of diksha given to those aspirants only through the auxiliary is known as vijnana-diksha. Sivagrayogin, in addition, speaks of kriya (action) and jnana (knowledge) diksha. The first one removes the bondage caused by moral deserts. The second one enables the atma to acquire the divine wisdom. The initiations thus purify the atma and restore its original nature of all pervasiveness and omniscience. The role of sambhava diksha is imminent in the sense that the seekers after release must be initiated in the angi and anga types. In Shaiva Siddhanta, the role of the guru (preceptor) is very significant, for he removes the inner darkness of the disciples and makes them realize divine grace in abundance through a special techniq