Namaste.
I often browse Hindu Dharma Forums and there's a member on there called Yajvan, who I read with great "lapping-upness":
http://hindudharmaforums.com/showthr...mp-destruction
http://hindudharmaforums.com/showthr...578#post128578
This may help others too.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
*notices the spandanirṇaya does not say "because you ARE śiva" it says "because you are identical
with śiva" and therein lies the whole difference imho.